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Kazuyo Sejima
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Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
Known for
- Architecture, Time and Kazuyo Sejima — Self2020
- Tokyo Ride — Self2020
- Nishinoyama House by Kazuyo Sejima — herself2018
- Japan Railway Journal — Self - Architect2015
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens — Self - Architect2007
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1956-10-29 ) 29 October 1956 (age 69) , Hitachi , Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Rolf Schock Prize (2005), Pritzker Prize (2010), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (2025)
- Practice
- Kazuyo Sejima and Associates (1987–1995) , SANAA (since 1995)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- SANAA
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Hitachi
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Award
- Jane Drew Prize
- Notable work
- Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
- Student of
- Toyo Ito
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- Neues Bauen
- Official website
- www.sanaa.co.jp
- Image
- Kazuyo Sejima mg 5000.jpg
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- Kazuyo Sejima
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- Art+Feminism
- date of birth
- 1956-10-29
- member of
- SANAA
- name in kana
- せじま かずよ
- name in native language
- 妹島和世
- has works in the collection
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- partner in business or sport
- Ryue Nishizawa
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Encyclopedic overview
Christian Dior building, Omotesandō Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2009 The EPFL Learning Centre, Lausanne (Switzerland). Police box outside Chofu Station in Tokyo (1993–94) Sumida Hokusai Museum.Tokyo, Japan(2016) Taichung Main Public Library (Taichung Green Museumbrary), Taiwan Kazuyo Sejima (妹島 和世, Sejima Kazuyo; born 29 October 1956) is a Japanese architect and director of her own firm, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. In 1995, she co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima + Nishizawa & Associates). In 2010, Sejima was the second woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, which was awarded jointly with Nishizawa. They were only the second partnership to be honored with this prize.
Early life and education
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