Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1971 and studied architecture at Tokyo University. He established Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo in 2000. The firm has designed many private residences in Japan and Europe, including the Primitive Future House in Basel, Switzerland (2008). In 2010, Fujimoto completed in Tokyo the Musashino Art University Museum and Library, based on the concept of a single spiral bookshelf, and the “132 5” store for Issey Miyake. Also in 2010 he designed the exhibition space for the acclaimed exhibition of Japanese fashion “Future Beauty,” at the Barbican Gallery in London.