Toyo Ito Donates His Archive to CCA for Broad Research Access

Architect Toyo Ito has donated his archive of architectural works to the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), an international research institution and museum focused on increasing the accessibility of architectural knowledge. Toyo Ito is now contributing to the CCA Collection, which contains over 200 archival holdings, following his intention to encourage new research into his work and to put it in dialogue with other artifacts held by the institution. On December 6, 2023, the early works of the architect have arrived at the CCA.

Toyo Ito Donates His Archive to CCA for Broad Research Access
From left to right: Makoto Ueda, Koji Ichikawa, Toyo Ito, Maki Onishi, Yuki Hyakuda, and Toshiaki Ishida (former staff member of Ito’s office who shared stories from the period). Photograph by Shu Nakagawa. Image © CCA From left to right: Makoto Ueda, Koji Ichikawa, Toyo Ito, Maki Onishi, Yuki Hyakuda, and Toshiaki Ishida (former staff member of Ito’s office who shared stories from the period). Photograph by Shu Nakagawa. Image © CCA

Architect Toyo Ito has donated his archive of architectural works to the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), an international research institution and museum focused on increasing the accessibility of architectural knowledge. Toyo Ito is now contributing to the CCA Collection, which contains over 200 archival holdings, following his intention to encourage new research into his work and to put it in dialogue with other artifacts held by the institution. On December 6, 2023, the early works of the architect have arrived at the CCA.

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