Entertainment & Arts
Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who is revered for fusing cultural elements of the East and the West in meticulously designed modernist buildings, has won the 1993 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
April 26, 1993
Architects Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico, Fumihiko Maki of Japan, Richard Meier of the United States and Richard Rogers of England will join in a free, full-day symposium, “Architecture/Shaping the Future,” on Saturday at UC San Diego, starting at 9 a.m.
Jan. 29, 1989
The soaring elegance of architect Fumihiko Maki’s design at ground zero may help rehabilitate the strong-arm tactics of developer Larry Silverstein.
Dec. 2, 2013
Building a Museum: The Santa Monica-based architecture firm Morphosis is one of six finalists chosen by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to design a new building and sculpture garden, the museum announced Monday.
Jan. 29, 1991
Archives
The creator of the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Japanese winner of a prestigious architectural award will design the next two office towers to be built at the World Trade Center site.
May 8, 2006
Inaugural Season: Multidisciplinary presentations by Bay Area artists along with their international peers will highlight the inaugural 1993-94 season at San Francisco’s new Yerba Buena Gardens Center for the Arts.
April 28, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Praemium Imperiales: American sculptor Louise Bourgeois, German painter Anselm Kiefer, German choreographer-director Pina Bausch, Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki are this year’s recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Awards for outstanding achievement in the arts.
June 10, 1999
In an attempt to step forward as a major center of architecture, UC San Diego opened an exhibit Friday featuring four world-class architects.
Jan. 18, 1989
World & Nation
Japan’s top architects have tasted freedom and found it heady.
Nov. 26, 1987
Review: 4 World Trade Center as ground zero’s reputation-builder