10.338 KAZUJO SEJIMA

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KAZUJO SEJIMA. JAPANESE ARCHITECT. AFTER STUDYING AT JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND WORKING IN THE OFFICE OF TOYO ITO, IN 1987 SHE FOUNDED KAZUYO SEJIMA AND ASSOCIATES. IN 1995 SHE FOUNDED THE TOKYO-BASED FIRM SANAA (SEJIMA AND NISHIZAWA AND ASSOCIATES) TOGETHER WITH HER FORMER EMPLOYEE RYUE NISHIZAWA. SEJIMA HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHITECTURE SECTOR FOR THE VENICE BIENNALE, FOR WHICH SHE WILL CURATE THE 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD IN 2010. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION. PRITZKER PRIZE 2010, SECOND WOMEN TO WIN THE PRITZKER SINCE 1979. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.