Fumihiko Maki

Born in Tokyo in 1928, Fumihiko Maki received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tokyo in 1952 before studying for a year at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Earning his Master of Architecture Degree in 1954 from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Maki apprenticed at architectural firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Sert Jackson and Associates. He was committed to education from the outset of his career. After teaching architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, Maki took on the role of Assistant Professor of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1962 to 1965. He later taught at Tokyo University from the... more.