SANAA

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Folio: Ryue Nishizawa’s desk

The results of creative processes do not always give away their messy conceptions

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Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert named winners of the 2023 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes

Director of SANAA Kazuyo Sejima and founder of the CCA Phyllis Lambert have been named this year’s recipients of the Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes

Gracefarms SANAA

River building at Grace Farms in Connecticut, USA, by SANAA
Index

Musée Du Louvre by Sanaa, Lens, France
Garden House

Tokyo Garden and House by Ryue Nishizawa
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1990 April: Platform Houses in Katsuura, Japan by Kazuyo Sejima
Rolex Learning Center SANAA

Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
Teshima Art Museum by Ryue Nishizawa, Teshima Island, Japan

Teshima Art Museum by Ryue Nishizawa, Teshima Island, Japan
Fashion company Diesel teamed up with Foscarini to develop the Tri-p floor lamp with an elastic fabric that can be easily changed, just like a T-shirt

What’s happening in lighting design, with contributions by SANAA and Louis Poulsen
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The AR’s post-Venice catch-up with Sejima
Ryue Nishizawa, left, and Kazuyo Sejima have won this year’s Pritzker Prize – the third duo in history to have done so

Ellis Island, New York, USA – Masters of simplicity SANAA win the Pritzker Prize
Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA

Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA, Lausanne, Switzerland
SANAA's Rolex Learning Centre

Lausanne, Switzerland – SANAA’s Rolex Learning Centre opens
Viewed from the gallery’s roof terrace, the finished pavilion resembles SANAA’s early models

Serpentine Pavilion by SANAA, Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, London, UK
Towada Art Centre’s 16 freestanding pavilions connect via a curved, glazed corridor. Spaces between the buildings form sculpture gardens, blurring the boundary between road, pavement and building

Towada Art Centre by Office of Ryue Nishizawa, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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