Toshiko Mori, FAIA

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Toshiko Mori is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and was chair of the Department of Architecture from 2002 to 2008. She is principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, which she established in 1981 in New York City. Current work includes a masterplan for New York University and infrastructure projects for the city of New York.

Mori’s broad research-based approach to design has been commended in awards and invitations to lectures and exhibitions around the world. Her work is included in a current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. In 2005, she received the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Medal of Honor from the AIA New York Chapter. Her design for the Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion received a 2010 AIA New York Design Honor Award for Architecture. In 2009 she established a think tank, VisionArc, which interconnects missing links in a global dialogue to promote a sustainable future.