Second Part of Interview to Tokyo architect Sou Fujimoto, head of Sou Fujimoto Architects and the most internationally visible face of a new brand of young Japanese Architects under the influence of Toyo Ito -along with Junya Ishigami and Hideyuki Nakayama, to name just a few.

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Interview to Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto [1971-] principal of Sou Fujimoto Architects, established in Tokyo in the year 2000. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994 and has been a lecturer of Kyoto University since 2007.

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Interview to german architect Jürgen Mayer [1965-] principal of  J. MAYER H., founded in 1996 in Berlin. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and at Princeton University.

His Town Hall Project  in Ostfildern – a multifunctional public building unifying municipal administration, civil services, a public library, an art gallery and so- was awarded with the Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2003 Emerging Architect. [MORE...]

Second part of the interview to Andreas Ruby  [1966-], principal of  Textbild and Ruby Press with Ilka Ruby  [1969-].

In this part of the interview, Andreas presents us the office concepts on publishing and the main themes of Urban Transformations book. [MORE...]

First part of the interview to Andreas Ruby [1966-], principal of Textbild and Ruby Press with Ilka Ruby [1969-]. Andreas Ruby is an architectural critic and theorist. He writes essays [on François Roche and Jurgen Mayer to name a few], articles [Volume, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen], designs books [Zaha Hadid, Lacaton & Vassal] [MORE...]

Interview to Ai Weiwei, chinese conceptual artist and director of FAKE Design sice 1999.

Ai Weiwei -son of poet Ai Qing- returned to Beijing in 1993 after a decade in New York. He soon became a world celebrity by co-curating Fuck Off, an alternative to 2000 Shanghai Biennale.

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Second part of the interview to Jean Philippe Vassal [1954-], principal of Lacaton & Vassal with Anne Lacaton [1955], founded  in 1987.

In this part of the interview, Jean Philippe presents us the office concepts on housing, density and the relation between architecture and budgets. [MORE...]

First part of the interview to Jean Philippe Vassal [1954-], principal of Lacaton & Vassal with Anne Lacaton [1955], founded  in 1987.

Vassal is French, but was born in Casablanca [Morocco]. He lived and worked from 1980 to 1985 in Africa as architect and urban planner. Since then, Africa has strongly influenced the work of Lacaton & Vassal. [MORE...]