SANAA's most impressive creations
The award-winning work of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
1 / 36 Southeast Facade
2 / 36 View from East
3 / 36 Interior View of Open-Plan Terminal Space
4 / 36 Glazed Walls Surrounding Waiting Area
5 / 36 View From North
6 / 36 Detail of Translucent Glass Facade
7 / 36 Street Facade
8 / 36 Staircase to Top Floor
9 / 36 Entrance Facade
10 / 36 Second-Floor Bathroom and Terrace
11 / 36 Glazed Exterior Facade
12 / 36 Aerial View
13 / 36 Entrance
14 / 36 Interior courtyard
15 / 36 Detail of Opening on Top Floor
16 / 36 View of Seminar Room
17 / 36 View of Differently Sized Windows
18 / 36 Detail of Facade
19 / 36 Building in Context
20 / 36 Interior Courtyard and Bridge
21 / 36 Internal Circulation Space
22 / 36 Facade Detail
23 / 36 View From Offices Into Courtyard
24 / 36 Courtyard Facade
25 / 36 Entrance Lobby
26 / 36 Covered Terrace
27 / 36 Detail of Glazed Volumes
28 / 36 View of Shop and Entrance
29 / 36 View Across Open Courtyard
30 / 36 Pavilion in Context
31 / 36 Internal Courtyard With Curtain
32 / 36 West Facade at Dusk
33 / 36 Ground-Floor Shop, Café and Gallery
34 / 36 New Museum in Context
35 / 36 Exhibition Space
36 / 36 Gallery Interior
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners at the firm SANAA for 15 years, are only the third pair to have been jointly awarded the Pritzker Prize. The prize is awarded to "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."
Sejima and Nishizawa have an enduring reputation for designing deceptively simplistic, almost sculptural buildings that demand an element of viewer interaction.
Based in Tokyo, SANAA's Japanese schemes include the O-Museum in Nagano, the Christian Dior Building in Omotesando and the Naoshima Ferry Terminal, as well as a number of acclaimed international projects including the Zollverein School of Management and Design in Essen, Germany and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
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