Profile: Frank la Rivière

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STATEMENT OF ART:
Our design approach is centered on the research into the relation between People, Object and Space, from which a specific design strategy emerges for each project. Built results show our thoroughly contemporary design language, with recurring themes such as lightness, transparency, continuous flow of space and trueness to the nature of the materials used. The aim is to create well-crafted, richly varied environments that are responsive to the needs of its occupiers and result in intricate spatial experiences.

EDUCATION:
1988, Architecture and Interior Design, Msc, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

EXPERIENCE:
2019-present, Director and Specially appointed professor ICS College of Arts, Tokyo Japan
2013-present, lecturer Komazawa Womens University, Japan
2007-present, director Frank la Riviere Architects inc, Tokyo Japan
2013-Specially appointed professor ICS College of Arts, Tokyo Japan
2007-2013 Lecturer ICS College of Arts, Tokyo Japan
1999-2006 Local Architect for Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Tokyo Japan
1991-1999 Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Tokyo Japan
1990-1991 Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa & Paris
1989-1990 Llwelyn Davies Weeks, Architects and Planners, London UK
1988-1989 Architekten Bureau Nederlandse Spoorwegen

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
Color & Line Chair, TENT LONDON, sept 2011
ICS COLLEGE OF ARTS 50 year exhibition
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, World architectural Festival Nov 2011, Barcelona
Color & Line Chair, Design Tide, 2010 (Tokyo Japan)
Y-HOUSE, ARTINDEX 2007, Saint Petersburg
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, MIPIM AR FUTURE PROJECTS AWARD Exhibition 2010, Cannes (France)
Kokueikan, Y-HOUSE, ANTIPODAS, MARQ

EVENTS:
Architecture and energy Japan, 2011, Tokyo
Architecture and energy Japan, 2012, University of California Berkeley

AWARDS:
2019 A'DESIGN AWARD, Bronze Award (Seasonal Greetings Art Collection-Season's Greetings Greetings)
2018 A'DESIGN AWARD, Bronze Award (Y-HOUSE)
2018 A'DESIGN AWARD, Iron Award (N-HOUSE)
2017 A'DESIGN AWARD, Bronze Award (S-HOUSE)
2016 WAN House of the year award, longlisted (S-HOUSE)
2016 The Plan Award (It), shortlisted project (S-HOUSE)
2012 The 32nd Tohoku Architecture Prize (Nebuta-no-ie Warasse)
2011 International Architecture Awards (Nebuta-no-ie Warasse)
2011 World Architecture Festival short listed project (Nebuta-no-ie Warasse)
2011 World Architecture News, Civic Buildings Award (Nebuta-no-ie Warasse)
2010 Future Projects Awards, Architectural Review MIPIM Retail & Leisure Category, (Nebuta-no-ie Warasse)
2006 Interior Planning Award, JAEIC (Y-HOUSE)
2005 Good Design Award (Y-HOUSE)

PRESS APPEARANCES:
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Detail Zeitschrift fur Architektur + Baudetail, Fassaden 2012 7/8 p761-765 (Germany)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Archiworld 2011, Archiworld co ltd, p42-55 (South Korea)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, International New Architecture, Aug 2012 (China)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, The architectural Review, Dec 2011 (UK)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Detail 190, Oct 2011, Shokokusha Publishing (Japan)
Interview, Nikkei Architecture p24-25, March 2011 (Japan)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Nikkei Architecture p14-15, Feb 2011 (Japan)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, GA 2011 (Japan)
Color & Line Chair, ICON (UK), Dec 2011
Color & Line Chair, Loro 2010, (Japan)
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Interior Public Space Magazine, Oct 2011 (China)
N-HOUSE, HISE, May 2009 (Slovenia)
N-HOUSE, Architecture Technology & Design (China), 2009, vol 174
Y-HOUSE, Cubes, Concepts Asia Publishing Hong Kong
Y-House, The Japan Architect 2-2005, Japan
Y-House, Casa Brutus 1-2005, Japan
Bus shelters, Axis Magazine, 1994, Japan

BOOKS:
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, Architecture High-Lights 5, Dalian University of technology Press 2012
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, The New Architecture in Japan, Equal books, 2013
N-HOUSE, Discover Details in Residence, The most genuine housing designs from Japan, Tianlu International Publishing Group, Phoenix Books, 2012
N-HOUSE, Contemporary House Design, daab 2009
Y-HOUSE, Atlas for Living, Page One Publishers 2008
Y-HOUSE, 11x11, Rihan Publishers, 2008
Y-HOUSE, N-HOUSE, ARTINDEX (St Petersburg Russia), 2008
N-HOUSE, SPACE home edition, Pace Hong-Kong 2008
Y-HOUSE, Home, Pace Publishers Ltd, 2008
Y-HOUSE, New Interiors, Collins Design, Collins Harper, Anja LLorella Oriol ,2006

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Dutch (native)
English (near native)
Japanese (advanced)
Franch (Advanced)

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
Japan Institute of Architects
Japan Interior Planner Association

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
A'DESIGN AWARD 2020
ICS Design Award 2020
A'DESIGN AWARD 2019
A'DESIGN AWARD 2018
A'DESIGN AWARD 2017
Squarefoot Top 10 Interior Design Awards 2016, Hong Kong

HOBBIES:
Photography
Japanese brush caligraphy

WEB SITE:
http://www.frank-la-riviere.com

PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.frank-la-riviere.com

REGISTRATION DATE:
2017-01-05 06:36:06

COUNTRY/REGION:
Japan

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Agency

Awards received by Frank la Rivière


Space in Layers Private Residence

A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2017
ir Frank la Rivière for Frank La Rivière Architects Inc
Celestial Light Private Residence

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2016
ir Frank la Rivière, FRA inc for Frank La Rivière Architects Inc
Loop by Loop Private Apartment Building

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2017
ir Frank la Rivière for Frank La Rivière Architects Inc
Season's Greetings Art Collection Season's Greetings Cards

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category in 2018
ir F. A. la Rivière for Frank La Rivière Architects Inc

Runner-Up status designs by ir F. A. la Rivière


Colour & Line Knock Down Chair

Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2018
Frank la Rivière for Frank La Rivière Architects Inc
Under Current Photographic Light Paintings

Runner-Up for Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Category in 2018
Frank la Rivière for Frank La Rivière, Photography



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