SANAA (firm)

SANAA (firm)

SANAA (Sejima + Nishizawa and Associates) is an Architectural firm that is based in Tokyo. It was founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

Architecture by SANAA

* Multimedia Studio - 1995 to 1996 - Gifu, Japan
* N Museum - 1995 to 1997 - Wakayama, Japan
* O Museum - 1995 to 1999 - Nagano, Japan
* S House - 1995 to 1996 - Okayama, Japan
* M House - 1996 to 1997 - Tokyo, Japan
* K Office Building - 1996 to 1997 - Ibaraki, Japan
* Park Café - 1997 to 1998 - Ibaraki, Japan
* Welfare Center - 1997 - Kanagawa, Japan
* The Museum of Contempoary Art (Not Built/Project Only) - 1997 to 1999 - Sydney, Australia
* The New Campus Center of the Illinois Institute of Technology (Not Built/Project Only) - 1998 - Chicago, Illinois
* De Kunstlini Theater & Cultural Center - 1998 to Present - Almere, Netherlands
* Proposal for Reclaiming Salerno's Inner City - 1999 to Present - Italy
* 21st Century Museum of Contempoary Art - 1999 to 2004 - Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
* Lumiere Park Café - 1999 to Present - Almere, Netherlands
* Prada Beauty Store - 2000 - Arezzo, Italy
* Installation of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale - 2000 - Venice, Italy
* Dior Omotesando Store - 2001 to 2003 - Tokyo, Japan
* The Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art - 2001 to 2006 - Toledo, Ohio
* The New Mercedes Benz Museum (Not Built/Project Only) - 2002 - Stuttgart, Germany
* Extension to the Rietberg Museum (Not Built/Project Only) - 2002 - Zurich, Switzerland
* Extension to the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno - 2002 to Present - Valencia, Spain
* Issey Miyake Store by Naoki Takizawa - 2003 - Tokyo, Japan
* Zollverein School of Design - 2003 to 2006 - Essen, Germany
* Naoshima Ferry Terminal - 2003 to 2006 - Kagawa, Japan
* The New Museum of Contempoary Art - 2003 to 2007 - New York City, New York
* Novartis Office Building - 2003 to Present - Basel, Switzerland
* House for the CIPEA (China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture) - 2004 to Present - Nanjing, China
* Learning Centrer of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 2005 to Present - Lausanne, Switzerland
* Louvre-Lens - Lens, France

Awards & Publications

The firm's work was included in the exhibition "City of Girls" in the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and in the Garden Cafe at the 7th International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey. In addition, their work has been exhibited at Zumtobel Staff-Lichtforum, Vienna, Austria; Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain; Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany; Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan; N-museum, Wakayama, Japan and New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. SANAA has been awarded the Golden Lion for the most remarkable work in the exhibition Metamorph in the 9th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2004, the 46th Mainichi Shinbun Arts Award (Architecture Category) in 2005, and the Schock Prize in the visual arts, also in 2005. Recent publications include [http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=3695&lang=en SANAA HOUSES (Actar 2007)] , Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA Works 1995–2003 (Tokyo, Japan: Toto Shuppan, 2003); Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa 2000/2004 (Madrid, Spain: El Croquis, No.121/122, 2003) and GA Sejima Kazuyo + Nishizawa Ryue Dokuhon (Tokyo, Japan: A.D.A EDITA, 2005).

External links

* [http://www.sanaa.co.jp SANAA Official Website]
* [http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=3695&lang=en SANAA HOUSES (Actar 2007)]


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