YAMAMOTO Riken

山本理顕 (1945~)

Japanese architect whose work is outstanding in contemporary Japanese architecture | 1945 born in Beijing / China | 1968 BA from department of architecture at “Nihon University” | 1971 MA from faculty of architecture at “Tôkyô University of the Arts”; continues his studies at “University of Tôkyô” under HARA Hiroshi | 1973 founds “Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop” | 2002-07 professor at “Kôgakuin University” | 2000-11 professor at “Yokohama National University” | 2010 wins the “The Japan Institute of Architects Award” for the Yokosuka Museum of Art | 2011~ professor at “Nihon University” | 2024 receives Pritzker Architecture Prize