Toyo Ito

Sendai Mediatheque, completed in 2001, is known for its transparent floors and tube-like structural columns. The building houses library and media functions in Sendai, Japan.

Toyo Ito won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2013. The award recognized his inventive buildings and long exploration of lightness, structure, and technology.

Tower of Winds is a 1980s project in Yokohama that used light and technology to transform a utilitarian structure. It is often cited as an early example of Ito's interest in media, environment, and urban atmosphere.

Ito often uses fluid forms, transparent surfaces, and structural systems that feel open rather than heavy. Sendai Mediatheque and later cultural buildings show his interest in architecture as a flexible field of activity.