Koji Tsutsui worked under Tadao Ando on projects such as housing for the Great Hanshin Earthquake, museums and schools (1995-2001).
After leaving Tadao Ando’s office, he establishes Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates in 2004.
He has been designing numerous projects around the world and adopts local cultures and building technologies into his design to create a new generation of lasting sustainable architecture.
While receiving numerous awards and publications over the years, his office was selected as one of the top emerging architecture offices in the world by Architectural Record Design Vanguard in 2011.
He also taught architectural design at the University of California, Berkeley as a visiting associate professor.