SANAA
SANAA is an architectural firm based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1995 by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, who were awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2010. Notable works include the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion in Toledo, Ohio; the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York; the Rolex Learning Center at the EPFL in Lausanne; the Serpentine Pavilion in London; the Christian Dior Building in Omotesandō, Tokyo; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa; the Louvre-Lens Museum in France; and the Bocconi New Campus in Milan.
History
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa founded SANAA in 1995. They later won the Golden Lion in 2004 for the most significant work in the Ninth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. In 2010, they were awarded the Pritzker Prize, which made Sejima the second woman to win this prize. In 2025, they were awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for architecture, recognising "their long-term commitment to projects that prioritise inclusivity and accessibility".Projects
Australia- Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building – 2022
- Museum of Contemporary Art – 1997 to 1999 – Sydney, Australia
- House for the CIPEA – 2004 to Present – Nanjing, China
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – 2009 – London, England
- Louvre-Lens – 2005 to 2012 – Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Mercedes-Benz Museum – 2002 – Stuttgart, Germany
- Zollverein School of Design – 2003 to 2006 – Essen, Germany
- Multimedia Studio – 1995 to 1996 – Gifu, Japan
- N Museum – 1995 to 1997 – Wakayama, Japan
- O Museum – 1995 to 1999 – Nagano, Japan
- S House – 1995 to 1996 – Okayama, Japan
- M House – 1996 to 1997 – Tokyo, Japan
- K Office Building – 1996 to 1997 – Ibaraki, Japan
- Koga Park Café – 1997 to 1998 – Ibaraki, Japan
- Welfare Center – 1997 – Kanagawa, Japan
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art – 1999 to 2004 – Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
- Dior Omotesando Store – 2001 to 2003 – Tokyo, Japan
- Issey Miyake Store by Naoki Takizawa – 2003 – Tokyo, Japan
- Naoshima Ferry Terminal – 2003 to 2006 – Kagawa, Japan
- De Kunstlinie Theater & Cultural Center – 1998 to 2006 – Almere, Netherlands
- Lumiere Park Café – 1999 to Present – Almere, Netherlands
- The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design – 2023 – Jerusalem, Israel
- Proposal for Reclaiming Salerno's Inner City – 1999 to Present – Italy
- Prada Beauty Store – 2000 – Arezzo, Italy
- Installation for the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale – 2000 – Venice, Italy
- Bocconi New Campus – 2019 – Milan, Italy
- Extension to the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern – 2002 to Present – Valencia, Spain
- Extension to the Rietberg Museum – 2002 – Zurich, Switzerland
- Novartis Office Building – 2003 to Present – Basel, Switzerland
- Rolex Learning Center at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – 2004 to 2010 – Lausanne, Switzerland
- Taichung Green Museumbrary – 2022 – Taichung, Taiwan
- The New Campus Center of the Illinois Institute of Technology – 1998 – Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Grace Farms – 2015 – New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
- The Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art – 2001 to 2006 – Toledo, Ohio, USA
- The New Museum of Contemporary Art – 2003 to 2007 – New York City, USA
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