In the history of building, Sou Fujimoto is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Sou Fujimoto as Japanese architect (born 1971).
Sou Fujimoto was born at Hokkaidō in 1971. His recorded nationality is Japan. He trained at Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School and Special School of Architecture.
Contemporary practice is global, computational and preoccupied with energy: the profession's central question is now what a building costs the climate.
He is recorded as architect and teacher.
His best-known building is House of Music Hungary. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
That the work was built in Japan shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Sou Fujimoto is still practising, and the body of work is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Notable work: House of Music Hungary
- Trained at Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School and Special School of Architecture
