Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito is the “third generation master” of Japanese architecture.

Main buildings:

1. Bar “Nomads Club”, Japan, Tokyo (1986);
2. Tower of the Winds, Japan, Yokohama (1986);
3. Yatsushiro City Museum, Japan, Yatsushiro (1988-1991);
4. Kindergarten 117, Germany, Frankfurt am Main (1994);
5. Media Library, Japan, Sendai (2001);
6. Pavilion in Bruges, Belgium, Bruges (2002);
7. Pavilion of the Serpentine Gallery, UK, London (2002);
8. Center for Representative Arts, Japan, Nagano (2000 – 2004);
9. Tod’s Building, Japan, Tokyo (2004);
10. Mikimoto Tower, Japan, Tokyo (2005);
11. Vivo City, Singapore (2006);
12. Crematorium Meiso no Mori, Japan, Kakamigahara (2006);
13. Tama Arts University Library, Japan, Tokyo (2007);
14. Exhibition complex Fira 2, Spain, Barcelona​(2007);
15. Villa White O,Chile (2009);
16. Hotel Porta Fira, Spain, Barcelona (2009);
17. Theater Za-Koenji, Japan, Tokyo (2009);
18. Main stadium of the 2009 World Games, Taiwan, Kaohsiung (2009);
19. Porta Fira Towers, Spain, Barcelona (2010);
20. Museum of Architecture, Japan, Imabari (2011);
21. Museum of Mother and Child of the sculptor Ken Iwata, Japan, Imabari(2011);
22. International Baroque Museum, Mexico, Puebla (2016);
23. WOODONE Kanazawa Showroom, Japan, Ishikawa (2017);
24. Shinmai Media Garden, Japan, Nagano (2018).

Features of Toyo Ito architecture:

1. Desire for a total architecture update;
2. Weakening of Japanese national traditions;
3. Preference for the symbolic side of architecture over the functional;
4. The source of inspiration for the architect was the way of life of the “new nomads” – mobile modern citizens who are not burdened with attachment to a place;
5. Combining minimalist and constructivist features;
6. Transparency;
7. Active use of shells;
8. Seismic resistance.