Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who designed buildings including 4 World Trade Center and was one of the founders of metabolism, has died aged 95.
A winner of both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the AIA Gold Medal, Maki passed away on 6 June due to natural causes, his studio Maki and Associates told Dezeen.
"Fumihiko Maki lived a life of remarkable achievement and fulfillment, encircled by a wealth of esteemed professionals, academic colleagues, patrons, as well as cherished friends," said studio principal Gary Kamemoto.
"We earnestly hope that the architectural works created under his leadership at Maki and Associates will be deeply loved and continue to enrich communities for generations to come," he continued. "We reaffirm our dedication to embracing and advancing his wishes to evolve the project he called Maki and Associates in alignment with his visionary ethos."
Trained at the University of Tokyo and Harvard University, Maki's work combined Western and Eastern influences and varied greatly in style.

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"He is a modernist who has fused the best of both eastern and western cultures to create an architecture representing the age-old qualities of his native country while at the same time juxtaposing contemporary construction methods and materials," wrote the jury in his Pritzker Architecture Prize citation.
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