Masako Hayashi Explained

was a Japanese architect. She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.

Career

Hayashi primarily designed residential housing for limited space environments, using innovative building materials, space utilization and clean design.^[1] In 1958, Hayashi co-founded the Hayashi, Yamada, Nakahara Architectural Design Coterie with Hatsue Yamada and Nobuko Nakahara.^[2]

She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.^[1]

Personal life

She was married to architect Shoji Hayashi.^[3]

Notable awards

• American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellowship^[1]
• Architectural Institute of Japan Award^[1]

Notable works

• Umi no gyararī (Gallery of the Sea), Tosashimizu, Kōchi, Japan^{[4] [5]}

Further reading

Works by Masako Hayashi

• House design in today's Japan. Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1969.
• with Kiyoshi Kawasaki. Modern Architects's Collected Works 22 Masako Hayashi, Kiyoshi Kawasaki. Japan: San-Ichi Shobo, 1975.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women in Architecture. India. ARVHA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326015010/http://www.arvha.asso.fr/archi_fem/arvha_french/info_arvha/document_info/us-archi.html. 26 March 2012. 5 February 2012.
2. Web site: An Interview with Nobuko Nakahara and Hatsue Yamada . International Archive of Women in Architecture . Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University . 18 September 2020 . Fall 2007. 10919/5607 .
3. Web site: Takeshi Nakasa . Takeshi Nakasa with leading figures #2 . Nacasa & Partners Inc. . 5 February 2012.
4. Book: Simon Richmond. The Rough Guide to Japan. 5 February 2012. 1 February 2011. Penguin. 978-1-4053-8245-8. 630.
5. https://www.city.tosashimizu.kochi.jp/kanko/g01_uminogallery.html Umi no gyararī