Hiroshi Naito
Architect and Emeritus Professor at The University of Tokyo. Born in 1950. Completed a master’s degree at Waseda University in 1976. Worked for Fernando Iglesias and Kiyonori Kikutake before founding Naito Architect & Associates in 1981. Held professorship at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering from 2001. Executive Vice President from 2010 to 2011. Emeritus Professor since 2011. President of Tama Art University since 2023. Notable architectural works include the Toba Sea-Folk Museum, Makino Museum of Plants and People, Fuji Rinri Seminar House, Shimane Arts Center, Kyushu University Shiiki Hall, Kusanagi Sports Complex Gymnasium, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toraya Akasaka, Takatamatsubara Tsunami Memorial Park and Memorial, Ginza Line Shibuya Station, Kyoto Kyukyodo, and Kioi Seido. Recent publications include Naito Hiroshi to wakamonotachi: Jinsei wo meguru jyūhachi no taiwa [Hiroshi Naito with the Youths: Eighteen Conversations on Life] (Kajima Institute), Hiroshi Naito’s Perception and Realization (Shokokusha), Naito Hiroshi + Nikkei Architecture: The History of Architecture in the Heisei Era (co-authored, Nikkei BP), Chrono Design (co-authored, Shokokusha), Hiroshi Naito Architectural Details (Ohmsha), Kūkan no chikara [The Power of Space] (Okokusha), Kenchiku no nanmon: Atarashii heibonsa no tameni [Architectural Challenges: For a New Ordinariness] (Misuzu Shobo), and Kenchikuka Naito Hiroshi: Built to Unbuilt: Akaoni to aooni no hateshinaki tatakai [Architect Hiroshi Naito: Built and Unbuilt: The Endless Battle of the Red Demon and Blue Demon] (Graphic-sha).