Edward Suzuki

Edward Suzuki

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Tokyo , Japan
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EDWARD SUZUKI ASSOCIATES INC. Address: Keyaki House 101, 19-10, 3-chome Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 Telephone No.: 81-3-5770-5395 Facsimile No.: 81-3-5770-5397 E-mail: esa@edward.net http://www.edward.net Established: December 1977, Registration Number: Architectural Office 17301 EDWARD SUZUKI 1947 Sept.18 Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan 1966-71 B. of Architecture, University of Notre-Dame, Ind., on Ford Scholarship 1973-74 Fulbright Fellowship 1973-75 M.Arch. in Urban Design, Harvard University, MA 1974 Buckminster Fuller and Sadao, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., Isamu Noguchi Studio, New York 1975-76 Kenzo Tange and URTEC, Tokyo 1995 Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. Visiting Critic, GSD, Harvard University, MA DESIGN AWARDS 1982 Bronze Prize Rejuvenation of Historical Buildings, JIA 1983 MITI&IRAKA Gold Prize 1985 10th Light Metal Institute Award 1988 Japan Architect Association’s House of the Year Award 1993 6th International Design Competition Award Yamagata Environmental Design Award 1994 Railway Construction Institute 22nd Architectural Award 1995 Japan Architectural Award GOOD DESIGN Award, Ministry of Int’l Trade and Industry 1998 6th Public Architecture Award GOOD DESIGN Award, 2000 GOOD DESIGN Award, JCD Design Award, 2001 Saitama Environment Design Award, Tokyo Architecture Award, Excellence Prize, , Tokyo Architecture Award, 2002 20th Century Environment Design Award, 2003 GOOD DESIGN Award, 2004 9th Public Architecture Award 2005 9th Brunel Award 2007 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design International Architecture Awards 2007, 6th ECO BUILD Award: 2008 KOMAE CITY Environmental Design Award: 2009 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Int’l Architecture Awards 2009: REPRESENTATIVE WORKS 1985 Udagawacho Police Box, Shibuya, Tokyo; Nishimachi International School, Moto-Azabu, Tokyo 1986 ONWARD Daikanyama Building, Daikanyama, Tokyo 1988 Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd., SGEE PORT, Shimizu, Shizuoka 1990 Joule-A, Azabu, Tokyo; Plaza Mikado, Akasaka, Tokyo; WEB, Naka-Meguro, Tokyo 1992 Mpata Lodge, Safari Park Hotel, Kenya, Africa; Chinese Restaurant, Shanghai, China HITACHI Machinery Factory and Branch Office, Gifu and Furukawa 1996 Library for the Blind, Ministry of Construction, Takadanobaba, Tokyo 2000 JR East Japan, Saitama Shintoshin Station, Saitama; Day-Care Center for the Elderly, Nozawa, Tokyo 2001 GAMO Beauty Studio, Oyama, Tochigi; Y Residence and Guesthouse, Shibuya, Tokyo 2002 Shisui Parking Area Service Facilities, Chiba; JR East Station Square ‘Gin no Suzu’, Tokyo 2004 GAMO Sendai, Miyagi; Morimoto PIAS Nogizaka, Tokyo; Ikedayama Place, Tokyo 2005 Rokurokuso Guest House, Hyogo; Mizonokuchi Catholic Church, Kanagawa; Daikyo ELZA Kamakura, Kanagawa 2006 DAIWA HOUSE Sakura-jousui Model House, Setagaya; DAIWA HOUSE Touhoku Factory Administration Building 2007 GAMO Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi 2008 MORIMOTO Crescent Tsujidou East & West, Fujisawa, Kanagawa; “House like a Museum,” Kamakura, Kanagawa 2009 St. Mary’s Int’l School Phase 1, Seta, Setagaya; LIST Restage Center Minami Stationside Terrace, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2010 St. Mary’s Int’l School Phase 2, Seta, Setagaya PUBLICATIONS 1989 EDWARD SUZUKI: Architect, Rikuyousha, Tokyo 1996 Edward Suzuki: Buildings and Projects, Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart, Germany 1997 Beyond the Clouds, Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers, Tokyo 2002 INTERFACE, Architectural Journal 2003 Atommetrics:Part 1 FORMA:Society for Science on Form 2008 Atommetrics: Part 2 FORMA:Society for Science on Form

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