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About Takaharu + Yui Tezuka : Tezuka Architects was started in Tokyo, 1994 by Takaharu and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu and Yui Tezuka, themselves, a married couple, infuses the office with a sense of informality and familiarity. Although a relatively small practice, it hosts a multi-national team of Japanese and overseas staff from various countries. Giving this company not only the tenacity and focus but also diverse backgrounds - that are required to tackle design commissions, both locally and internationally. Tezuka Architects fashion themselves as storytellers - developing design projects hand in hand with the Client to create stories meant to ignite life and possibilities.
ORGANIZATION:
Tezuka Architects

EDUCATION:
Takaharu Tezuka
1987 B. Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology
1990 M. Arch., Architecture at University of Pennsylvania

Yui Tezuka
1992 B. Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology
1992-1993 The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London

EXPERIENCE:
Takaharu Tezuka
1990-1994 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London/UK

AWARDS:
1997Ministry of International Trade and Industry,Good Design Gold Prize(Soejima Hospital)
1998 Architectural Institution of JPN,Annual Architectural Commendations(Soejima Hospital)
2002 Japan Institute of Architects Prize(Roof House)
Yoshioka Prize, Yoshioka Foundation (Roof House)
2003Architectural Institution of Japan,Annual Architectural Commendations(Roof House)
Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization, (Styrene foam sofa)
2004Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Hounancho “L” Condominium)
Ecobuild Award, Ecobuild Japan (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
AR Award 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)
Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry,Kids Design Gold Prize(Fuji Kindergarten)
Association for Children’s Enviroment,ACE Award Design Category(Fuji Kindergarten)
Design for Asia Grand Award(Fuji Kindergarten)
AR Award 2007Highly Commended, the Architectural Review (Fuji Kindergarten)
2008 Architectural Institution of Japan Prize(Fuji Kindergarten)
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)
The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (Fuji Kindergarten)
Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Tokyo branch)
2013 Association for Children’s Environment Design Award (Asahi Kindergarten)
Architectural Institution of Japan,Annual Architectural Commendations(Ring Around a Tree)
Good Design Gold Award, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Asahi Kindergarten)
Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Kyushu branch)
2014Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Chigasaki Zion Christian Church/Mihato Kindargarten)
Iconic Awards Architecture (Chigasaki Zion Christian Church/Mihato Kindargarten)
Iconic Awards Interior (Child Chemo House)
2015Kanagawa Architecture Concur Prize, Kanagawa Prefectural Government (COPEN LOCAL BASE KAMAKURA_ONARIMACHI)
Good design prize of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Himi Fishery Network Gallery TOTOZA)
Good design prize, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Church of Eaves)
Good design prize, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Hipped Roof House)
Good design prize, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Balcony House at a Park Corner)
Good design prize, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Child Chemo House)
Good design prize, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (SORA no MORI CLINIC)
JIA Award, The Japan Institute of Architects (SORA no MORI CLINIC)
Excellence Award of Fukuoka Prefecture/ Architectural Award for Artistic Urban Design, Fukuoka Prefecture (Church of Eaves)
2016Architectural Institute of Japan, Annual Architectural Commendations (Child Chemo House)
Kids design award, Kids Design Association (Yoshino Nursery School and Kindergarten)
2017GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2017
Moriyama RAIC International Prize 2017 (Fuji Kindergarten)
2018Winner of the ‘school-completed buildings’ category World Architecture Festival 2018 ( MUKU Nursery )
Ted McCoy Award for Education , New Zealand Architecture Awards 2018 ( Cathedral Grammar Junior School, Christchurch NZ)
BCS Prize (Sora no Mori Clinic)
Kids Design Award (Asahi Kindergarten Phase II )
2019 Research Excellence Medal 2019 by University of Auckland ( Cathedral Grammar Junior School, Christchurch NZ )

BOOKS:
Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 1,2,3. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing,2006, 2009, 2015

Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT. Edited by Paul Andreas and Peter Cachola Schmal. Berlin: Die Deutsche Bibliothek, 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, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. ROOFLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008.

Tezuka Architects, The Yellow Book. Edited by Thomas Sherman and Greg Logan, JOVIS,2017

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Japanese(Native)
English(Fluent)

WEB SITE:
http://www.tezuka-arch.com/english/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2021-02-01 06:23:49

COUNTRY/REGION:
Japan

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Agency

Awards received by Takaharu + Yui Tezuka


The Pitched Roof House

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2020
Takaharu Tezuka and Yui Tezuka for Tezuka Architects



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