Takaharu Tezuka was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1964. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture at the Musashi Institute of Technology in 1987 and his Master of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he worked at the Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd., and founded Tezuka Architects with Yui Tezuka in 1994.

He served as an Associate Professor at the Musashi Institute of Technology from 1996 to 2008 and has been a Professor at Tokyo City University since 2009.

Awards
Tezuka has received several awards, including:

• The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011, Fuji Kindergarten)
• Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan for Design (2008, Fuji Kindergarten)
• Japan Institute of Architects Award (2008, Fuji Kindergarten), (2015, Sora no Mori Clinic)
• AR Award 2004, The Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
• Good Design Gold Prize (1997, Soejima Hospital), (2013, Asahi Kindergarten)
• Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2017, UNESCO
• Moriyama RAIC International Prize 2017 (Fuji Kindergarten), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
• BCS Prize (2018, Sora no Mori Clinic), Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
• World Architecture Festival 2018, School Completed Buildings Winner (Muku Nursery School)
• The Karic Brothers Award 2020
• World Architecture Festival 2021, Completed Buildings - Religion - Winner (Niijima Chapel)
• Winner of ArchDaily Building of the Year 2022 (Category: Religious Architecture) (Niijima Chapel)

Exhibitions
His works have been showcased in the following exhibitions:

• 2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture
• 2013 Carnegie International
• 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture “Freespace”

Publications
Tezuka has contributed to several publications, including:

• Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 1-3, TOTO Publishing
• Takaharu + Yui Tezuka: NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT, Jovis, 2009
• Tezuka Architects: The Yellow Book, Edited by Thomas Sherman & Greg Logan, Jovis, 2016

TED Talks
Tezuka also presented a TED Talk titled “The Best Kindergarten You’ve Ever Seen”, which can be viewed on TED.com.

For more information, visit: TED Talk by Takaharu Tezuka