KAZUYO SEJIMA
1956 Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
1981 Graduated from the Japan Women's University with a Master's Degree of Architecture. Joined Toyo Ito & Associates
1987 Founded Kazuyo Sejima and Associates
1988 Selected for a design contest - MCH House. Kashima Award, SD Review 1988
1989 Special Award for Residential Architecture, Tokyo Architecture Association Yosioka Award, The Japan Architect. 2nd Place, International Industrial Design Contest of the BL
1990 Honourable Mention, Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris, SD Award, 1990 SD Review
1991 2nd Place, Nasumoahara Harmony Hall Design Contest
1992 2nd Place, GID Contest '92. 2nd Place, Commercial Space Design Award. '94 Japan Institute of Architects 'Young Architect of the Year'
1994 Grand Prize, Commercial Space Design Award ’94. 'Awarded Architecture '94'
1995 3rd Place, Yokohama International Port Terminal Design Contest. Co-founded, along with Ryue Nishizawa, the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates).
2000 Erich Schelling Architecture Award, Karlsruhe, Germany