Eventi di Toshiko Mori

Toshiko Mori is the founder and principal of Toshiko Mori Architect in New York City. She is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and was previously the Chair of the Department of Architecture from 2002 to 2008. Her firm’s work includes a diverse array of projects, such as libraries, museums, higher education and universities, commercial space, master planning, and residences. Mori has been a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2016 and the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2020, where she currently serves as Vice President of Architecture and as a member of the board. As a member and former chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design, Mori has participated in sessions to discuss scarcity-driven design, the future of cities and urban information systems, and the role of the arts in improving communities. She has participated in international symposia and conferences, including panels held at the MoMA, Guggenheim Museum, the G1 Summit in Japan, and most recently was the inaugural speaker for the Royal Academy Architecture Summer Programme for youth, “Introducing Architecture,” in London. Mori has been honored with numerous awards for her work, including the Asia Society Asia Arts Game Changer Award in 2024, the Philip Hanson Hiss Award in 2023, the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2021, the Louis Auchincloss Prize in 2020, the AIA/ASCA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education in 2019, the OMI Arts Leadership Award in 2019, Architectural Record’s Women in Design Leader Award in 2019, and the Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society Gold Medal in 2016. Her two projects in Senegal, Thread Artists’ Residency and Cultural Center and Fass School and Teachers’ Residences, have both won the AIA Architecture Award, while her recent work on the Brooklyn Public Library Central branch won the 2022 MASterworks award for best restoration. Architectural Digest has included Toshiko Mori Architect in their annual AD100 list since 2014, and most recently named her to the AD100 Hall of Fame in 2023. Mori was also named an Elle Décor A-List Titan in 2023. As part of Domus’ centennial 10x10x10 Project in 2023, Mori worked in collaboration with Steven Holl as guest editor.

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