jun aoki

jun aoki
	was born in 1956 in yokohama, japan. he graduated from tokyo university and worked at arata isozaki & associates before establishing his own tokyo based studio jun aoki & associates in 1991. the practice's activities include structural studies, interior and exterior architecture in various fields. major works of jun aoki include early projects 'S house' in katsuura (chiba pre.) and 'mamihara bridge' in soyo (kumamoto pre.); the 'fukushima lagoon museum' in toyosaka,(niigata pre.), which won the architectural institute of japan annual award and the 'aomori museum of art', in aomori, which won the grand award of the international competition. recent projects include the 'sia aoyama building' and the 'go-sees hiroo' photo studio, both in tokyo. during his career jun aoki has designed numerous showrooms and buildings for fashion house LV / louis vuitton. in 2008 he was awarded the minister of education 'art encouragement prize', and the 'good design award for his 'sia aoyama building' project. http://www.aokijun.com/ Source : designboom.com	jun aoki portrait © designboom sia aoyama building, shibuya-ku, tokyo, japan, 2008 photo © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates see more images here white chape', osaka, japan, 2006 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates see more images here aomori museum of art, japan, 2006 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates aomori museum of art, 2006 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates aomori museum of art, 2006 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton ginza namiki, tokyo, japan, 2004 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton new york, usa, 2004 courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton omotesando, tokyo, japan, 2002 courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton omotesando, interior, tokyo, japan, 2002 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton omotesando, tokyo, japan, 2002 courtesy jun aoki & associates louis vuitton nagoya, tokyo, japan, 1999 image © nakagawa nobuaki courtesy jun aoki & associates house k, taiwan, 2001 image © nakagawa nobuaki courtesy jun aoki & associates house k, taiwan, 2001 image © nakagawa nobuaki courtesy jun aoki & associates house k, taiwan, 2001 image © nakagawa nobuaki courtesy jun aoki & associates house c, japan, 2000 image © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates house b, japan, 1999 image © shinkenchiku - sha courtesy jun aoki & associates mamihara bridge, 1995 image © shinkenchiku - sha courtesy jun aoki & associates mamihara bridge, 1995 image © shinkenchiku - sha courtesy jun aoki & associates house h, japan, 1994 image © shinkenchiku - sha courtesy jun aoki & associates