is a noted Japanese

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Biography

Hasegawa was born in Shizuoka

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

, received her degree in architecture from Kanto Gakuin University

Kanto Gakuin University

is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school's official English name is Mabie Memorial School.-History:It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, in...

 (1964), trained with Kiyonori Kikutake

Kiyonori Kikutake

is a prominent Japanese architect known as one of the founders of the Japanese Metabolist group. He has also been the tutor and employer of several important Japanese architects, such as Toyo Ito and Itsuko Hasegawa.-Career:...

. In 1969, Hasegawa entered Kazuo Shinohara

Kazuo Shinohara

was a highly influential Japanese architect, forming what is now widely known as the "Shinohara School", which has been linked to the works of Toyo Ito, Kazunari Sakamoto and Itsuko Hasegawa. As architectural critic Thomas Daniell put it, "A key figure who explicitly rejected Western influences yet...

’s lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tokyo Institute of Technology

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 as a graduate student. After two years, she became his assistant, a far greater honor and responsibility in Japan than the expression suggests in English. In 1979 she formed her own design firm, Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier, which has designed a number of award-winning buildings in Japan and abroad.

Hasegawa is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects

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, and has received the Avon Arts Award, the Building Contractor's Society Prize for the Shonandai Cultural Center, the Cultural Award for Residential Architecture (Fukuoka, Japan), and a Design Prize from the Architectural Institute of Japan

Architectural Institute of Japan

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Selected buildings

• Cardiff Bay Opera House; Japan Architect, 19, 68-71, Autumn 1995
• Himi Seaside Botanical Garden
  Himi Seaside Botanical Garden
  The is a botanical garden located at 3583 Banchi, Tanagida, Himi, Toyama, Japan. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.The garden opened in 1996 beside Matsudae-no-Nagahama, a seaside promenade along a beach of white sands and green pines mentioned in the Man'yōshū...
  
  ; Japan Architect, 19, 64-67, Autumn 1995
• Yamanashi Fruit Museum and Garden; Japan Architect, 19, 48-57, Autumn 1995
• Niigata City Performing Arts Centre; 1993-1998. Japan Architect, 19, 44-47, Autumn 1995
• Shonandai Cultural Center, 1986-1990. (Competition awarded 1986. Design, 1986-1988; construction, 1987-1990)
• Sumida Culture Factory, 1994
• Namekawa Housing, 1998

Selected writings

• Itsuko Hasegawa, Academy Editions, 1993. ISBN 1854902024.
• Itsuko Hasegawa, with Stephen Dobney, Images Pub. Group, 1997. ISBN 1875498559.
• Island Hopping - Crossover Architecture, NAi Publishers, 2000. ISBN 9056621866.