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Fumihiko Maki

1928 - 2024

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Fumihiko Maki (槇 文彦, Maki Fumihiko, 6 September 1928 – 6 June 2024) was a Japanese architect. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumihiko Maki has received more than 275,814 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Fumihiko Maki is the 161st most popular architect (up from 163rd in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Fumihiko Maki ranks 161 out of 518. Before him are Ebenezer Howard, Jean Chalgrin, Jacob van Campen, Robert Adam, Ur-Nanshe, and Paul Abadie. After him are David Chipperfield, Mikhail Eisenstein, Carl Ludvig Engel, Michael Ventris, Bernard Tschumi, and Kisho Kurokawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Fumihiko Maki ranks 127. Before him are Bo Diddley, Peter Naur, Howard S. Becker, Hayden White, Branko Mikulić, and Desmond Morris. After him are Yaacov Agam, Christa Ludwig, Roddy McDowall, Humberto Maturana, Juan María Bordaberry, and Héctor Rial. Among people deceased in 2024, Fumihiko Maki ranks 99. Before him are Irene Camber, Alexandre do Nascimento, Silvia Pinal, Yury Solomin, Daniel Revenu, and Christian Oliver. After him are Toby Keith, Fredric Jameson, Saleh al-Arouri, Sérgio Mendes, Cissy Houston, and Aleksandr Medved.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumihiko Maki ranks 483 out of 6,245. Before him are Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Ichijō (980), Shozo Tsugitani (1940), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), and Masanori Tokita (1925). After him are Kitaro Nishida (1870), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), Miki Matsubara (1959), Satoru Iwata (1959), Soemu Toyoda (1885), and Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Fumihiko Maki ranks 4. Before him are Tadao Ando (1941), Kenzō Tange (1913), and Arata Isozaki (1931). After him are Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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