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SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) is an architectural firm based inTokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1995 by architectsKazuyo Sejima (1956–) andRyue Nishizawa (1966–), who were awarded thePritzker Prize in 2010.^[1] Notable works include the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion inToledo, Ohio; the New Museum of Contemporary Art inNew York; theRolex Learning Center at theEPFL inLausanne; the Serpentine Pavilion inLondon; the Christian Dior Building inOmotesandō, Tokyo; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art inKanazawa; theLouvre-Lens Museum in France; and theBocconi New Campus inMilan.

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa founded SANAA in 1995. They later won the Golden Lion in 2004 for the most significant work in the Ninth International Architecture Exhibition of theVenice Biennale.^[2] In 2010, they were awarded thePritzker Prize, which made Sejima the second woman to win this prize.^[3] In 2025, they were awarded theRoyal Institute of British Architects'Royal Gold Medal for architecture,^[4] recognising "their long-term commitment to projects that prioritise inclusivity and accessibility".^[5]

Australia

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building – 2022
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Not Built/Project Only) – 1997 to 1999 –Sydney, Australia

China

• House for the CIPEA (China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture) – 2004 to Present –Nanjing, China

England

• Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – 2009 –London, England

France

• Louvre-Lens – 2005 to 2012 –Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France

Germany

• Mercedes-Benz Museum (Not Built/Project Only) – 2002 –Stuttgart, Germany
• Zollverein School of Design – 2003 to 2006 –Essen, Germany

Japan

• Multimedia Studio – 1995 to 1996 –Gifu, Japan
• N Museum – 1995 to 1997 –Wakayama, Japan
• O Museum – 1995 to 1999 –Nagano, Japan
• S House – 1995 to 1996 –Okayama, Japan
• M House – 1996 to 1997 – Tokyo, Japan
• K Office Building – 1996 to 1997 –Ibaraki, Japan
• Koga Park Café – 1997 to 1998 – Ibaraki, Japan
• Welfare Center – 1997 –Kanagawa, Japan
• 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art – 1999 to 2004 –Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
• Dior Omotesando Store – 2001 to 2003 – Tokyo, Japan
• Issey Miyake Store by Naoki Takizawa – 2003 –Tokyo, Japan
• Naoshima Ferry Terminal – 2003 to 2006 –Kagawa, Japan

Netherlands

• De Kunstlinie Theater & Cultural Center – 1998 to 2006 –Almere, Netherlands
• Lumiere Park Café – 1999 to Present – Almere, Netherlands

Israel

• The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus of theBezalel Academy of Arts and Design – 2023 –Jerusalem, Israel

Italy

• Proposal for Reclaiming Salerno's Inner City – 1999 to Present –Italy
• Prada Beauty Store – 2000 –Arezzo, Italy
• Installation for the Japan Pavilion at theVenice Biennale – 2000 –Venice, Italy
• Bocconi New Campus – 2019 –Milan, Italy

Spain

• Extension to theInstitut Valencià d'Art Modern – 2002 to Present –Valencia, Spain

Switzerland

• Extension to the Rietberg Museum (Not Built/Project Only) – 2002 –Zurich, Switzerland
• Novartis Office Building – 2003 to Present –Basel, Switzerland
• Rolex Learning Center at theÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – 2004 to 2010 –Lausanne, Switzerland

Taiwan

• Taichung Green Museumbrary – 2022 –Taichung, Taiwan

United States

• The New Campus Center of theIllinois Institute of Technology (Not Built/Project Only) – 1998 –Chicago,Illinois, USA
• Grace Farms – 2015 – New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
• The Glass Pavilion at theToledo Museum of Art – 2001 to 2006 –Toledo, Ohio, USA
• The New Museum of Contemporary Art – 2003 to 2007 –New York City, USA

SANAA's work was included in the exhibitionCity of Girls in the Japanese Pavilion at the 2000Venice Biennale and in the Garden Cafe at the 7th InternationalIstanbul Biennale,Istanbul, Turkey. Their work has also been exhibited at Zumtobel Staff-Lichtforum,Vienna, Austria; Institut Valencia d'Art Modern,Valencia, Spain; Zeche Zollverein,Essen, Germany; Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan; N-museum, Wakayama, Japan and New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. SANAA has been awarded the Golden Lion for the most remarkable work in the exhibition Metamorph in the 9th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2004, the 46th Mainichi Shinbun Arts Award (Architecture Category) in 2005, and theSchock Prize in the visual arts, also in 2005. In 2010, Sejima and Nishizawa were awarded thePritzker Prize, the highest of honours in architecture.^[1]

• Matthew Allen (2010)."Control Yourself! Lifestyle Curation in the Work of Sejima and Nishizawa".Architecture at the Edge of Everything Else. WORK Books / MIT Press.ISBN 9780262014793
• Thomas Daniell (2008).After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan.Princeton Architectural Press.ISBN 978-1-56898-776-7
• Kristin Feireiss (Ed): The Zollverein School of Management and Design Essen, Germany. Prestel, München 2006,ISBN 978-3-7913-3539-1
• Gallery MA (2003).Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA Works 1995–2003. Toto Shuppan.ISBN 978-4-88706-224-5
• GA (2005).Sejima Kazuyo + Nishizawa Ryue Dokuhon. A.D.A. Edita.ISBN 4-87140-662-8
• GA (2005).GA ARCHITECT 18 Sejima Kazuyo + Nishizawa Ryue. A.D.A. Edita.ISBN 4-87140-426-9
• Joseph Grima and Karen Wong (Eds) (2008)Shift: SANAA and the New Museum.Lars Müller Publishers.ISBN 978-3-03778-140-1
• Yuko Hasegawa (2006).Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa: SANAA.Phaidon Press.ISBN 978-1-904313-40-3
• Agustin Perez Rubio (2007).SANAA Houses: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa.Actar.ISBN 978-84-96540-70-5

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• SANAA: Architecture Travel Guide on www.checkonsite.com

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