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Ryue Nishizawa

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Ryue Nishizawa (西沢 立衛, Nishizawa Ryūe; born 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. A graduate of Yokohama National University, he established his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, in 1997. In 1995, he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) with architect Kazuyo Sejima. In 2010, he became the youngest recipient ever of the Pritzker Prize, together with Sejima. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryue Nishizawa is the 469th most popular architect (down from 450th in 2024), the 1,599th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ryue Nishizawa ranks 469 out of 518. Before him are Nicholas Hawksmoor, Guðjón Samúelsson, Robert Moses, Max Taut, Andrei Stackenschneider, and James Wyatt. After him are William Adam, Alfred Mosher Butts, Rudolph Schindler, Mikhail Zemtsov, Gunnar Birkerts, and James Gibbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Ryue Nishizawa ranks 302. Before him are Dexter Fletcher, Stéphane Demol, Delphine de Vigan, Wade Dominguez, Kristin Otto, and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. After him are Niccolò Ammaniti, Franco Foda, Rob Witschge, Bruno Labbadia, Bebel Gilberto, and Tatyana Golikova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryue Nishizawa ranks 1,599 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroki Matsubara (1973), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), Nobuko Imai (1943), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Akitsugu Konno (1944), and Takamasa Watanabe (1977). After him are Yuichi Nishimura (1972), Toshi (1965), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Yukiko Okada (1967), Noritake Takahara (1951), and Kaoru Kadohara (1970).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Ryue Nishizawa ranks 11. Before him are Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), and Kiyonori Kikutake (1928). After him are Sou Fujimoto (1971).

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