-  Faculty Experts   -  News by Topic   -  News by School Search News & Info WUSTL in the News   - Powered by Google WUSTL Home Public Affairs Home University News Medical News Sports News Radio Service Business, Law & Econ Culture & Living Science & Technology Contact Information TV/Radio Studio Visiting Our Campuses Campus Images Sports photography Commercial Filming    and Photography Commercial Use of    Names and Symbols Domain Name policy Record (newspaper) Campus Calendars WUSTL News Summary Publications Online Facts, Guides & Maps		University News Contact: Liam Otten - (314) 935-8494 Home - 314-863-4296 liam_otten@aismail.wustl.edu Background information on Fumihiko Maki [St. Louis, MO., 12-07-02] Fumihiko Maki is principal of Maki & Associates in Tokyo and a 1993 recipient of the Pritzker Prize, generally considered architecture's highest honor. Though rooted in the modernist tradition, his work is renowned for fusing elements of eastern and western culture in monumental buildings that harmonize with their natural and urban environments. Fumihiko Maki Born in Tokyo in 1928, Maki earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tokyo in 1952. He spent the next year at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI, then enrolled at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, earning a Master of Architecture degree. In 1960, Maki became a founding member of the Metabolists, an influential group of young, avant garde Japanese architects who viewed the growth of buildings and cities as a fundamentally organic process, analogous to branches and leaves sprouting off a tree's central trunk. From 1956 to 1963, Maki served as associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was instrumental in founding the School of Architecture's Master's of Urban Design Program (with faculty member Roger Montgomery). During that time, Maki received his first commission, completing the early-stage designs for Steinberg Hall, home to the Gallery of Art, Art & Architecture Library and Department of Art History and Archaeology in Arts & Sciences. More recently, Maki has served as the Ruth and Norman Moore Guest Visitor in Architecture; and, in 1987, was awarded an honorary doctor ate of art and architecture. An annual guest lecture is named in his honor. In 1965, Maki returned to Japan to establish his own firm. Major projects have included the National Museum of Art in Kyoto, the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, the Tepia Science Pavilion in Tokyo, the Nippon Convention Center in Chiba, and the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus. Projects in the United States include Steinberg Hall and the Yerba Buena Gardens Visual Arts Center in San Francisco, a collaboration with Harish A. Shah of RMW Architecture + Design, who also serves as project architect for the Fox Arts Center. Current projects include a 197,000 square-foot extension for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. Maki is a member of the Japan Institute of Architects and an honorary fellow of both the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects. Other honors include the UIA Gold Medal, the JIA Award, the Wolf Prize, the Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design and the Thomas Jefferson Medal.
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