Our New Building
Fumihiko Maki is a world-class architect, winner of the Pritzker Prize (the "Nobel Prize" of architecture),
the Wolf Foundation of Israel prize for architecture, the Praemium Imperiale,
Japan's highest accolade for architecture, plus many other prestigious awards. One award of particular note
for a Japanese architect is the BCS Award, which recognizes a combination of high construction quality,
good design, and client satisfaction. Maki and Associates has been fortunate to be honored with this award
14 times, starting in 1983 for the Dentsu Osaka Headquarters building, and continuing through 2002
for Fukushima Gender Equality Center.
His work includes Steinberg Hall (1960) and the Sam Fox Building (2006),
both on the Wash. U. campus in St. Louis, the office tower adjacent to Freedom Tower
that he is designing for Larry Silverstein as part of the development replacing the World Trade Center,
and the addition to the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Maki has built extensively in central Tokyo -- the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama,
the Austrian and Danish embassies and the TV Asahi Building that abuts Roppongi Hills are all fine examples of his work.
He also designed the Children's Home adjacent to Auschwitz that would have been dedicated to Dr. Janus Korzac,
pre-war Poland's Dr. Spock, had it been built.
Maki's design style is difficult to categorize, but it comes closest to classic modernism known for its clean lines
and timelessness -- Maki buildings are not subject to the vagaries of architectural fads and trends. In contrast
to the 30-year life span of most construction in Japan, Maki buildings are made to last. Maki chooses durable materials
and pays close attention to detail and construction technology.
Like many architects in Japan, Maki often opens a site office where they can tailor their design very precisely to our
property and other prevailing conditions. We have had the enormous benefit of being located a very short distance
to their office in Daikanyama. Maki and Associates takes a very comprehensive "soup-to-nuts" approach to every project.
His design for the new JCC includes everything from landscape to interiors.
Maki and Associates website: http://www.maki-and-associates.co.jp/
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