Toshiki Hirano
University of Tokyo - Kuma Lab
Toshiki Hirano is assistant professor at Kengo Kuma Laboratory, the University of Tokyo founding
and partner of Toshiki Hirano Design. He holds a Bachelors degree from Kyoto University and
received his Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University with Suzanne Kolarik
Underwood Prize. Prior to founding the firm, Hirano has worked for Reiser + Umemoto RUR DPC,
where he involved in the Kaohsiung Port Terminal Project and the Taipei Pop Music Center
Project. His projects have been published on various magazines such as Architectural Digest,
designboom, suckerPUNCH, and Bustler. He has been teaching a design studio with Kengo Kuma
at the University of Tokyo, and has been organizing an annual exhibition “Japanese Junction”
which showcases studio projects from universities around the world. He is a licensed architect in
Japan and holds Ph.D.
University of Tokyo - Kengo Kuma Lab
