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Maki Fumihiko (1928-2024) was one of the most famous and talented Japanese architects of the 21st century. 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. Maki studied with Kenzo Tange at the University of Tokyo where he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952. Maki then spent the next year at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After completing a Master of Architecture degree at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, he apprenticed at the firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, New York and Sert Jackson and Associates in Cambridge.

Maki and Associates, MoMAK, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

Maki and Associates, Novartis Square 3, Basel, Switzerland

Maki and Associates, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, United States

In 1959, he formed the Metabolist Movement with Kisho Kurokawa, Kiyonori Kikutake and other young Japanese architects and urban planners in Tokyo. He founded Maki and Associates in 1965. Maki is known for fusing modernism with Japanese architectural traditions. For instance, he introduced the concept of oku, which is a spatial layout unique to Japan in which spaces wind around a structure. This is demonstrated in the use of walls and landscape in the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo.

Maki and Associates, TV Asahi Headquarters, Roppongi Hills, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Maki and Associates, 51 Astor Place, New York, United States

Maki and Associates, 4 World Trade Center, New York, United States, Ph. @Silverstein Properties 

Among the most signifiant buildings designed throughout the 20th century, the Osaka Prefectural Sports Center, Fujisawa Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe convention centre, as well as the Hillside Terrace Apartments, which was completed over a period of 23 years. In recent years he completed an expansion to the UN in New York and the 72-storey 4 World Trade Center skyscraper. In Toronto, he designed a white granite museum for the Aga Khan Foundation, while in London, he completed the Aga Khan Centre in King's Cross in 2018.

Maki and Associates, Makuhari MesseⅢ, Pedestrian Bridge, Chiba, Japan, Ph. ©Shigeo Ogawa

Maki and Associates, The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Herzog & de Meuron, 430 AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre, Cambridge, UK

Studio Saar, Third Space, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Ph. © Edmund Sumner

Next Architects, Anyang Public Art Project, Secret Forest, Anyang, South-Korea

BIG, Freedom Plaza, New York, USA

Sparano + Mooney Architecture, Wabi-Sabi Residence, Salt Lake City, USA Ph. Matt Winquist

The Denmark Pavilion, landscape, Credit VisitDenmark

The ALPI DESIGN AWARDS is now open for registration! ALPI DESIGN AWARDS is the international award of the ALPI+MILANO APS Association in partnership with l’Arca International, who want to assign an important recognition to designers, professionals and companies that create projects and products for the sustainability of the mountains.

Zanotta:, Za:Za by Zaven, Home Furnishings and Accessories Award

UniFor, Principles by OMA, Honorable Mention

Elica, Lhov by Fabrizio Crisà, Pinnacle of Design and Innovation Award

CELLIA® by Progetto CMR, Materials and Technological Systems Design Award Ph. Andrea Badoni

Sanlorenzo, SP110, Smart Performance Award

                Manlio Armellini (1937-2020)                                                      Gaetano Pesce (1939-2024)                                                           Italo Rota (1953-2024)

For the first time, ADI and the ADI Foundation also remembered some recently deceased figures thanks to the Targhe Memorabili (Memorable Plaques), designed to celebrate those who distinguished themselves for their great contribution to the culture of the project. The recognition went to Manlio Armellini, who passed away in 2020, who with FederlegnoArredo was among the creators and promoters of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, and to the designers Gaetano Pesce and Italo Rota also recently passed away.

Lee Broom, Split Mirror Round

Ceramica Flaminia, Boll designed by Paola Navone

Serralunga, The Ripple design by Zaha Hadid Architects

Kartell, Teresa Special Edition designed by Ferruccio Laviani

Pulkra, Dome Bathtube Square designed by Pio/Tito Toso