Born in Tokyo, Japan, on September 6, 1928 and a disciple of the famous Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, Maki died last Thursday of natural causes, announced the studio Maki and Associates.
Its ongoing projects include a new building for the United Nations headquarters in New York and the new city hall in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
Known for his modernist style, Maki graduated in architecture from Tokyo National University in 1952, and then continued his studies in the United States, at the prestigious Cranbook Academy of Art and Harvard University.
Among his notable works is Tower 4 of the new World Trade Center in New York, one of the skyscrapers built after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
He also worked on several pavilions and installations for the 1970 Osaka World Exposition, at the Makuhari Messe convention center, one of the largest in Japan, located in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, as well as at the headquarters of the Asahi television network and at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, and at the Kyoto National Museum.
A pioneer in Japan of the metabolism movement, Maki was known for creating megastructures inspired by biological organisms and mixing Western and Eastern materials and influences.
Maki was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1993, becoming the second Japanese to win the prize after his master Tange, and is one of nine Japanese architects to win the prize, making Japan the nation with the most architects to win this distinction. .
In 2013, the Japanese government recognized the architect as a Personality of Cultural Merit, a distinction that is given annually to those who stand out for their cultural contributions.
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