SOU FUJIMOTO was born in Hokkaido in 1971. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University, he established Sou Fujimoto Archtitects in 2000. In 2014, Fujimoto won the invited international competition for the second folly of Montpellier. In 2013 he designed the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and has become the youngest architect to accept the invitation to design the annual summer pavilion for the gallery. In 2012, he participated for the exhibition at the Japan Pavilion at the International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, which was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Among multiple awards, Fujimoto was also granted with the Grand Prize for AR Awards 2006 for the Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and first prize in the international competition for Taiwan Tower and Beton Hala Waterfront Center in 2011. His most important works include House NA (2011), the Musashino Art University Museum & Library (2010), the Final Wooden House (2008), and House N (2008).

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Sou Fujimoto

Sou Fujimoto speaks with inter·punct about the problems still needing dire attention in architecture. Read the interview on the inter·punct website.

inter·punct is a journal for architecture founded by students at CMU and supported by the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.