A japanese constellation toyo ito sanaa and beyond focuses on the work of architects and designers orbiting pritzker prize winners toyo ito and sanaa. Toyo ito born 1941 is well known for a highly conceptual take on architecture after working in the offices of kiyonori kikutake one of the most celebrated japanese metabolists he founded his first office in 1971 and established toyo ito associates architects in 1979 critically acclaimed projects include the sendai mediatheque 1995 2001 and the taichung metropolitan opera house . Exhibition galleries architecture and design galleries a japanese constellation focuses on the network of architects and designers that has developed around pritzker prize winners toyo ito and sanaa. A japanese constellation focuses on the work of a small group of architects influenced by toyo ito and the firm sanaa the production as much as it was a show serves to display a highly curated. A japanese constellation toyo ito sanaa and beyond edited with text by pedro gadanho phoebe springstubb text by terunobu fujimori taro igarashi julian worrall