Kazuyo Sejima

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Kazuyo Sejima is a renowned Japanese architect known for her minimalist, light-filled designs and as a founding partner of the firm SANAA.

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Kazuyo Sejima canonical 12
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese architect
architect
human
activeYearsStart 1980s
architecturalStyle minimalism
modernism
awardReceived Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (Venice Biennale of Architecture)
surface form: Golden Lion for Architecture

Pritzker Architecture Prize
Rolf Schock Prizes
surface form: Rolf Schock Prize in the Visual Arts
basedIn Tokyo
coFounded SANAA
countryOfCitizenship Japan
curated Venice Biennale
surface form: 12th Venice Architecture Biennale
dateOfBirth 1956-10-29
educatedAt Japan Women’s University
employer SANAA
fieldOfWork architecture
founded Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
genre museums
public buildings
residential architecture
hasWonPrize Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (Venice Biennale of Architecture)
surface form: Golden Lion for Architecture

Pritzker Architecture Prize
Rolf Schock Prizes
surface form: Rolf Schock Prize in the Visual Arts
influencedBy Toyo Ito
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Japanese
memberOf SANAA
movement contemporary architecture
minimalist architecture
nationality Japanese
notableFor collaborative practice with Ryue Nishizawa
minimalist light-filled designs
use of transparency in architecture
notableWork 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Christian Dior Omotesando building
House in a Plum Grove
Louvre-Lens
New Museum, New York
surface form: New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Rolex Learning Center
Toledo Museum of Art
surface form: Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion
occupation architect
partnerInBusiness Ryue Nishizawa
placeOfBirth Ibaraki Prefecture NERFINISHED
Japan
positionHeld director of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale
founding partner of SANAA
residence Tokyo
sexOrGender female
workedFor Toyo Ito

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Toyo Ito influenced Kazuyo Sejima
Rolex Learning Center architect Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA foundedBy Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA hasLeader Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA hasMember Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA coFoundedBy Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA hasPartner Kazuyo Sejima
Alvar Aalto Medal notableRecipient Kazuyo Sejima
this entity surface form: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)
Sumida Hokusai Museum architect Kazuyo Sejima
Ryue Nishizawa partnerInOfficeWith Kazuyo Sejima
Ryue Nishizawa sharesAwardWith Kazuyo Sejima