Audrey

Project 01: "Toyo Ito", "Aluminum House"

June 1, 1941       Toyo Ito was born, in Korea.
1965-1969 Toyo Ito attended the University of Tokyo .
1975-1976 He built his first project. It was the White U House, the project was built for his sister
                             and two daughters; to mourn over her husband’s death.
1971                    Ito opened his own studio, it was called Toyo Ito & Associates.
1984 The Silver Hut was built to be Ito’s home in Tokyo, Japan.
1997-2000         The Aluminum House was a moderately famous house of his. He built it near the site of another project, he did 25 years earlier for the same client.
2006                   Toyo Ito won the Royal Gold Medal.
2008-2013         Toyo Ito designed the Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture; it was built in Japan. He
                            designed it for adults and children to have a better understanding of architecture in a
                            more interactive way.
March of 2011   Ito designed/built buildings for people that lost theirs during the tsunami or earthquake
2013                   He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize