Terunobu Fujimori

Terunobu Fujimori
Fujimori in 2014
Born	November 21, 1946 (1946-11-21) (age 78) Miyakawa-mura, Suwa, Nagano  Japan
Alma mater	Tōhoku University University of Tokyo
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Japan Grand Art Prix, Architectural Institute of Japan Prix for the Student Dormitory of Kumamoto Agricultural College
Practice	Terunobu Fujimori
Buildings	Takasugi-an Tea House, Lamune Onsen

Terunobu Fujimori (藤森 照信, Fujimori Terunobu, November 21, 1946) [teɾɯnobɯ ɸɯdʑimoɾi] is a Japanese architect and architectural historian.

During the 1970s and 1980s he made studies of the city about early Western buildings and unusual occurrences, and did not turn to architecture until he was in his forties. His work is considered by many to be eccentric^[1] but is characterised by his use of natural materials.

Although he is well known in Japan as a cultural commentator he was not widely known in the West until he represented Japan at the 2006 Venice Biennale.