10 Facts About Terunobu Fujimori

Terunobu Fujimori is a Japanese architect and architectural historian.

Terunobu Fujimori's work is considered by many to be eccentric but is characterised by his use of natural materials.

Terunobu Fujimori studied at Tohoku University before entering graduate school at the University of Tokyo.

Terunobu Fujimori is currently a professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science.

Whilst writing his thesis in the 1970s Terunobu Fujimori formed the Architecture Detectives.

In 1986 Terunobu Fujimori formed the Roadway Observation Society with Genpei Akasegawa, Shinbo Minami, Joji Hayashi, Tetsuo Matsuda.

In 1991, Terunobu Fujimori began to practice architecture with his first work, the Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum in Chino, Nagano.

Terunobu Fujimori's architecture is characterised by eccentricity and humour, experimental use of natural materials and the subversion of traditional techniques.

Terunobu Fujimori played with the traditional elements of a tea house in a modern way.

Jutting out of the hillside, Terunobu Fujimori compares its design to a "hairy mammoth".