is a Japanese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects. Projects by Tezuka Architects include the Roof House,"Catherine Slessor, 2001 October: House by Tezuka Architects (Hadano, Japan)", The Architectural Review. Retrieved 24 October 2013. Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science,Peter Davey, "2004 December: Museum of Natural Science, Tezuka Architects (Niigata, Japan)", Architectural Revier. Retrieved 24 October 2013. Fuji Kindergarten"Fuji Kindergarten", Architonic. Retrieved 24 October 2013. and Woods of Net. Their recent awards include Japan Institute of Architects Prize (2009), Association for Children's Environment Design Award (2011), OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011) and a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2017).Jordana, Sebastian, "Nostalgic Future: Tezuka Architects lecture in Columbia". ArchDaily. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Career Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1964, Takaharu Tezuka studied architecture at Musashi Institute of Technology and at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went to London where he spent four years with the Richard Rogers Partnership. In 1994, together with his wife, Yui Tezuka, he established Tezuka Architects in Tokyo. The couple's work emphasizes human activity and connectivity as can be seen in their schools, office buildings and hospitals."Tezuka Architects", Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Brief career history 1964 Born in Tokyo 1987 B.Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology 1990 M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania 1990–1994 Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd. 1994 Established, Tezuka Architects 1996–2003 Assistant Professor, Musashi Institute of Technology 2005, 06 Visiting Professor, Salzburg Summer Academy 2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley 2009– Professor, Tokyo City University
Main works 1996 – Soejima Hospital 1999 – Wood Deck House 2000 – Megaphone House 2000 – Kawagoe Music Apartment 2001 – Roof House 2001 – Balcony House 2001 – Wall-less House 2002 – Saw Roof House 2003 – Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum 2003 – Engawa House 2003 – TOYOTA L&F HIROSHIMA 2003 – House to catch the sky III 2005 – Visionary Arts, Tokyo 2005 – Floating Roof House 2006 – Eaves House 2006 – Sandou house 2006 – Observatory Room House 2006 – My Own Sky House 2007 – Cloister House 2007 – Fuji Kindergarten 2007 -House to Catch the Sunlight 2007 – Kanjoin Kannondo 2007 – Kumejima Eef Beach Hotel 2007 – House to Catch the Hill 2007 – Wilful Townhouse 2007 – House to Catch the Sea 2007 – GRV 2007 – Temple to catch the forest 2009 – Woods of Net 2009 – Pitched Roof House 2009 – Drawer House 2009 – Umbrella House 2010 – House of Ship 2010 – Snail House 2011 – Step House in a Shopping Street 2011 – Ring Around a Tree 2011 – OG Giken Tokyo branch 2012 – OG Giken Kyushu branch 2012 – House to Catch the Mountain 2012 – Deck House 2012 – Asahi Kindergarten 2012 – Yamamotochou Fuji Kindergarten 2013 – Child Chemo House 2013 – Chigasaki Zion Christian Church/Mihato Kindergarten
Fuji Kindergarten Fuji Kindergarten in Japan, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka, emphasizing the idea that children do not need to be forced to learn but naturally cannot stop. The kindergarten is an open-air kindergarten, designed to encourage and facilitate social interaction between students as well as discovery-style learning. Students are encouraged to design their own learning environment through the use of crates to separate classrooms, trees are left to grow within the structure of the kindergarten that students are able to climb, and additional structures within the kindergarten allow for exploration for students to delve into and discover in a collaborative manner.Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you've ever seen at TED
Exhibitions Japan-Poland: New Architecture / 1994–2004 Venice Biennale / 2004 Aichi Expo, Japan /2005 Gallery Ma, Japan / 2006 London Biennale /2006 Inax Gallery, Tokyo /2007 Deutsches Architektur Museum Exhibition, Frankfurt /2009 Contemplating The Void: Interventions In The Guggenneim Museum, New York/ 2010 JapanLisztRaiding, Austria/2010 Carnegie International 2013
Awards 1997 – Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Good Design Gold Prize (Soejima Hospital) 1998 – Architectural Institution of Japan, Annual Architectural Commendations (Soejima Hospital) 2002 – Japan Institute of Architects Prize (Roof House) Yoshioka Prize 2002 – Yoshioka Foundation (Roof House) 2003 – Architectural Institution of Japan, Annual Architectural Commendations (Roof House) 2003 – Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization, (Styrene foam sofa) 2004 – Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Hounancho "L" Condominium) 2004 – Ecobuild Award, Ecobuild Japan (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science) 2004 – the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science) 2005 – Architectural Institution of Japan, Annual Architectural Commendations (Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum) 2007 – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Interaction Design Prize (Fuji Kindergarten) 2007 – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kids Design Gold Prize (Fuji Kindergarten) 2007 – Association for Children's Environment, ACE Award Design Category (Fuji Kindergarten) 2007 – Design for Asia Grand Award (Fuji Kindergarten) 2007 – Highly Commended, the Architectural Review (Fuji Kindergarten) 2008 – Architectural Institution of Japan Prize (Fuji Kindergarten) 2009 – The Japan Institute of Architects Prize, the Japan Institute of Architects (Fuji Kindergarten) 2009 – The Architecture Award, Asia Pacific Property Awards 2009 (Fuji Kindergarten) 2011 – Association for Children's Environment Design Award (Woods of Net) 2011 – The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (Fuji Kindergarten) 2011 – Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Tokyo Branch) 2013 – Association for Children's Environment Design Award (Asahi Kindergarten) 2013 – Architectural Institution of Japan, Annual Architectural Commendations (Ring Around a Tree) 2013 – Good Design Gold Award, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Asahi Kindergarten) 2013 – Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Kyushu branch) 2017 – Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Publication Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2006. Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 2. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2009. Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 3. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2015. Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT. Edited by Paul Andreas and Peter Cachola Schmal. JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2009 Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. ROOFLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008. Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. FLOORLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008. Tezuka Architects – The Yellow Book, JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2016,
References
External links Tezuka Architects – official website Fuji Kindergarten, with illustrations, from Architonic Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you've ever seen at TED