Last month, Tokyo architect Riken Yamamoto became the 53rd laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The ninth recipient from Japan, he launched his practice, Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, in 1973. Since that time, he has built a wide range of works, from private residences to public-housing projects, museums, fire stations, schools, and entire university campuses. Yamamoto recently spoke with RECORD contributing editor Naomi Pollock, FAIA, about the importance of community as a social construct and as the driving force of his architectural design over five decades of practice.
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