Edward Suzuki
Edward Suzuki worked alongside master architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller while attending Harvard on a Fulbright scholarship. Perhaps that’s one reason he’s a self-proclaimed student of life, regularly contemplating the structure of the atom, the environment, philosophy and the metaphysical. Edward’s bold yet organic architectural designs draw from influences both East and West, and have taken shape as far away as Kenya and China. He also devised the “EDDi-Pod”, a living space that can be constructed in a day in times of emergency. His work has brought him well over a dozen major awards here in Japan and the United States, the most recent being the prestigious “GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2011” from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design for a house he designed in Shimogamo, Kyoto. His current project is to turn his design for the International School of Asia, Karuizawa scheduled to open its doors in 2014 into a reality.
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1947 | Sept.18 Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
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1966-71 | B. of Architecture, University of Notre-Dame, Ind., on Ford Scholarship |
1973-74 | Fulbright Fellowship |
1973-75 | M.Arch. in Urban Design, Harvard University, MA |
1974 | Buckminster Fuller and Sadao, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., Isamu Noguchi Studio, New York |
1975-76 | Kenzo Tange and URTEC, Tokyo |
1977 | Established Edward Suzuki Associates |
1985 | Complete “Hawaii Ironman Triathlon Race” |
1995 | Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. |
1995 | Visiting Critic, GSD, Harvard University, MA |
1982 | Bronze Prize, Rejuvenation of Historical Buildings, JIA<Tokyo Union Church> |
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1983 | MITI&IRAKA Gold Prize<Yamashita Ikedayama Housing> |
1985 | 10th Light Metal Institute Award<Ueno Matsuzakaya Department Store> |
1988 | Japan Architect Association’s House of the Year Award<Himonya Gardens> |
1993 |
6th International Design Competition Award<Winds> Yamagata Environmental Design Award<JR East Japan, Akayu Station> |
1994 | Railway Construction Institute 22nd Architectural Award<Akayu Station> |
1995 |
Japan Architectural Award<Tokyo Club> Good Design Award, Ministry of Int’l Trade and Industry<Akayu Station> |
1997 | 15th Nashop Lighting Contest Excellence Prize<Imaii Bella Fons> |
1998 |
6th Public Architecture Award<Akayu Station> Association of Railway Architects : Architectural Award<Ohmagari Station> Good Design Award<Ohmagari Station> |
2000 |
Good Design Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> JCD Design Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> |
2001 |
Saitama Environment Design Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> Core Tokyo Housing Sector : Encouragement Award<Terrace Mille> Tokyo Architecture Award, Excellence Prize<Saitama Shintoshin Station> Tokyo Architecture Award<N-HOUSE> Tokyo Architecture Award<Terrace Mille> |
2002 | 20th Century Environment Design Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> |
2003 | Good Design Award<EDDI’s House> |
2004 | 9th Public Architecture Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> |
2005 |
Japan Institute of Architects(JIA) Selected Works 2005<N-HOUSE> Japan Institute of Architects(JIA) Selected Works 2005<Saitama Shintoshin Station> 9th Brunel Award<Saitama Shintoshin Station> |
2006 | Good Design Award<ELSA Kamakura> |
2007 |
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design International Architecture Awards 2007<EDDI’s House> 6th ECO BUILD Award<House in Shimogamo> |
2008 | KOMAE CITY Environmental Design Award<EDDI’s Town> |
2009 |
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Int’l Architecture Award 2009 <House like a Museum> |
2010 |
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Int’l Architecture Award 2010<xevo EDDI> Good Design Award<xevo EDDI> |
2011 |
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Green Good Design Award 2011 <House in Shimogamo> |
2012 | The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Green Good Design Award<House of Maple Leaves> |
2015 | 14th Green Roof Design Competition Award<VENT VERT> |
1985 | Udagawacho Police Box, Shibuya, Tokyo; Nishimachi International School, Moto-Azabu, Tokyo |
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1986 | ONWARD Daikanyama Building, Daikanyama, Tokyo |
1988 | Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd., SGEE PORT, Shimizu, Shizuoka |
1990 |
Joule-A, Azabu, Tokyo; Plaza Mikado, Akasaka, Tokyo; WEB, Naka-Meguro, Tokyo Mpata Lodge, Safari Park Hotel, Kenya, Africa; Chinese Restaurant, Shanghai, China HITACHI Machinery Factory and Branch Office, Gifu and Furukawa |
1996 | Library for the Blind, Ministry of Construction, Takadanobaba, Tokyo |
2000 | JR East Japan, Saitama Shintoshin Station, Saitama; Day-Care Center for the Elderly, Nozawa, Tokyo |
2001 | GAMO Beauty Studio, Oyama, Tochigi; Y Residence and Guesthouse, Shibuya, Tokyo |
2002 | Shisui Parking Area Service Facilities, Chiba; JR East Station Square ‘Gin no Suzu’, Tokyo |
2004 | GAMO Sendai, Miyagi; Morimoto PIAS Nogizaka, Tokyo; Ikedayama Place, Tokyo |
2005 | Rokurokuso Guest House, Hyogo; Mizonokuchi Catholic Church, Kanagawa; Daikyo ELZA Kamakura, Kanagawa |
2006 | DAIWA HOUSE Sakura-jousui Model House, Setagaya; DAIWA HOUSE Touhoku Factory Administration Building |
2007 | GAMO Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi |
2008 | MORIMOTO Crescent Tsujidou East & West, Fujisawa, Kanagawa; “House like a Museum,” Kamakura, Kanagawa |
2009-11 | St. Mary’s Int’l School Phase 1-3, Seta, Setagaya; LIST Restage Center Minami Stationside Terrace, Yokohama, Kanagawa |
1989 | EDWARD SUZUKI: Architect, Rikuyousha, Tokyo |
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1996 | Edward Suzuki: Buildings and Projects, Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart, Germany |
1997 | Beyond the Clouds, Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers, Tokyo |
2002 | INTERFACE, Architectural Journal |
2002, 2007 | Atommetrics: Part 1, Part 2 FORMA: Society for Science on Form |
2012 | Notes on Relativity: FQXi COMMUNITY |
2012 | Atommetrics: Comprehensive Version |
2013 | GOoD DESIGN, Shougakukan, Tokyo |
2015 | April Fool’s Article on “Love” |
2014 | Tama University NEO Liberal Arts Special Seminar “GOoD DESIGN” |
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2012 | TED@Tokyo 2012 Worldwide Talent Search “an Architect’s Exploration of Atomic Structure“ |
2012 | TEDxTokyo 2012 “an Architect’s Exploration of Atomic Structure“ |
2011 | St. Mary’s International School Graduation Speech “GOoD DESIGN“ |
2009 | TEDxTokyo 2009 “GOoD DESIGN“ |