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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95

2006 AP

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died. He was 95.

Maki, who taught architecture and urban design at Harvard, died June 6, his office, Maki & Associates, said Wednesday. Japanese media reports attributed the cause of death to old age. The office declined to confirm the reports.

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