Watanabe Jun

Who is Watanabe Jun?

Jun Watanabe is a Japanese architect and a former professor at Chubu University.

After studying at the University of Tokyo, Jun finished the Master Degree of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University in 1983. His work experiences include Kenzo Tange & URTEC, I.M.Pei & Partners, and Maki and Associates. After completing the award winning Makuhari Messe as a project architect with Maki & Associates, he took a post as assistant professor of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin in 1990, where he received the tenure professorship in 1996. He moved to Chubu University as a professor in 1996. He founded Jun Watanabe & Associates in 1990. He received 2 local AIA Awards in 1993 and 1995 in Austin. In 2003 he received the gold medal, Residential/ Interior category of Bienal Miami + Beach 2003, with his work of Villa Gamagori. In 2011 he received the Good Design Award, with his work of Hiroo Flat.