1966 born in Tokyo, Japan
1990 completed master's degree at Yokohama National University / worked at Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
1995 started Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / S A N A A
1997 started Office of Ryue Nishizawa
2001-2010 Associate Professor at Yokohama National University
2005-2006 Visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2005-2008 Visiting Professor at Princeton University, USA
2007 Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
2010-now Professor at Yokohama National University (Y-GSA)
1998 The Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (for Multi-media Workshop), Tokyo, Japan*
1999 First Prize in Residential Architecture (for Weekend House)
2002 Arnold W.Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts & Letters, USA
2002 Architecture Award of Salzburg Vincenzo Scamozzi, Austria
2004 Golden Lion for Most Significant Work of the Metamorph Exhibition, 9th International Architecture Biennale de Venezia, Italy*
2005 The 46th Mainichi Art Award(Architecture Category)(for 21st Century Museum), Japan*
2005 The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology
2005 The Rolf Schock Prize in category of visual arts, Sweden
2006 The Prize of Architectural insititute of Japan(for 21st Century Museum), Tokyo, Japan*
2007 Premio Mario Pani 2007(The Mario Pani Award), Mexico
2007 The Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Art Prize), Berlin, Germany*
2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize 2010*
2011 Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
2012 The Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (for Teshima Art Museum), Tokyo, Japan
2012 The 25th Murano Togo Prize, Japan
2013 Prix de L'Equerre d'Argent(for Louvre-Lens Museum), Paris, France*
2014 Daylight Award, Switzerland
2016 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Chicago, USA*
2016 American Institute of Architecture Honor Award, Washington, D.C., USA*
2017 The 63rd Mainichi Design Prize, Japan
2017 The 5th Yoshizaka Takamasa Award, Japan
2019 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, Virginia, USA*
* =collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima / SANAA
1966 born in Tokyo, Japan
1990 completed master's degree at Yokohama National University / worked at Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
1995 started Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / S A N A A
1997 started Office of Ryue Nishizawa
2001-2010 Associate Professor at Yokohama National University
2005-2006 Visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2005-2008 Visiting Professor at Princeton University, USA
2007 Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
2010-now Professor at Yokohama National University (Y-GSA)
1998 The Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (for Multi-media Workshop), Tokyo, Japan*
1999 First Prize in Residential Architecture (for Weekend House)
2002 Arnold W.Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts & Letters, USA
2002 Architecture Award of Salzburg Vincenzo Scamozzi, Austria
2004 Golden Lion for Most Significant Work of the Metamorph Exhibition, 9th International Architecture Biennale de Venezia, Italy*
2005 The 46th Mainichi Art Award(Architecture Category)(for 21st Century Museum), Japan*
2005 The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology
2005 The Rolf Schock Prize in category of visual arts, Sweden
2006 The Prize of Architectural insititute of Japan(for 21st Century Museum), Tokyo, Japan*
2007 Premio Mario Pani 2007(The Mario Pani Award), Mexico
2007 The Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Art Prize), Berlin, Germany*
2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize 2010*
2011 Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
2012 The Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (for Teshima Art Museum), Tokyo, Japan
2012 The 25th Murano Togo Prize, Japan
2013 Prix de L'Equerre d'Argent(for Louvre-Lens Museum), Paris, France*
2014 Daylight Award, Switzerland
2016 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Chicago, USA*
2016 American Institute of Architecture Honor Award, Washington, D.C., USA*
2017 The 63rd Mainichi Design Prize, Japan
2017 The 5th Yoshizaka Takamasa Award, Japan
2019 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, Virginia, USA*
2022 The Praemium Imperiale Award, Japan*
* =collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima / SANAA