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Toyoo Itō (伊東 豊雄 Itō Toyoo, often transliterated Toyo Ito; June 1, 1941, Seoul) is a Japanese architect. He is considered "one of the most innovative and influential architects in the world" and is particularly appreciated for the creation and development of extreme architectural concepts, in which he combines the physical world with the virtual one. Read the full biography

Toyoo Itō (伊東 豊雄 Itō Toyoo, often transliterated Toyo Ito; June 1, 1941, Seoul) is a Japanese architect. He is considered "one of the most innovative and influential architects in the world" and is particularly appreciated for the creation and development of extreme architectural concepts, in which he combines the physical world with the virtual one. He is one of the most significant exponents of that architectural trend that advocates the contemporary notion of the simulated city. In 2013 Itō was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize. "Architecture possible here? Home-for-All", the Japanese pavilion designed by Itō for the 2012 Venice Biennale, won the Golden Lion for best national participation. The jury wrote in the motivation «Toyo Ito collaborated with younger architects and the local community to tackle in a practical and inventive way the design of a new center for a region devastated by a national catastrophe». Itō graduated in 1965 from the architecture faculty of the University of Tokyo. After a period of collaboration in the studio Kiyonori Kikutake Architect & Associates from 1965 to 1969, in 1971 he opened his own studio Urban Robot (urbot), in Tokyo. In 1979 the firm changed its name to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Toyoo Itō holds a professorship at Tokyo Women's University and is professor emeritus at University of North London and is a visiting professor at Columbia University. In 2013 he won the Pritzker Prize.