James Lambiasi AIA
1st Class Architect Registered Office in Japan (一級 東京都知事登録 第63530号)
State of New York Registered Architect
James Lambiasi has been a practicing architect and critic in Tokyo for over 25 years. He is the principal of James Lambiasi Architect, serves as a visiting lecturer at Shibaura University and Temple University Japan Campus, and acts as an independent business consultant for Japanese projects executed by the American architectural firm Pickard Chilton. He is a contributing architectural critic for the online publication Artscape Japan, and has hosted seven episodes of the NHK television series “Journeys in Japan” focusing on architecture in Japan. He is a founding member of the AIA Japan Chapter, and served as its President in 2008.
Career & Education:
2016-present
James Lambiasi ARCHITECT, Tokyo, Principal
2014-present
Independent Business Consultant for PICKARD CHILTON
2008-2016
Lambiasi + Hayashi Architects, Tokyo, Principal
1997-2007
Pelli Clark Pelli Architects Japan /Jun Mitsui and Associates, Tokyo, Senior Design Associate
1995-1997
Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier, Tokyo, Designer
1995
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master Degree of Architecture
1990
University of Virginia School of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architecture
Academic:
2019-2021
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Chiba University of Technology
2013-present
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer – Temple University, Japan Campus
2014-2023
Art and Architecture Critic, “artscape JAPAN” Online Publication
2012-present
Art and Architecture Critic, “Journeys in Japan” NHK Television Series
2007-2020
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Shibaura University School of Architecture
2012-2015
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Hosei University School of Architecture
2007-2010
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Kogakuin University School of Architecture
1997-2008
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Toyo University School of Architecture
2001-2003
Design Studio Visiting Lecturer - Meiji University School of Architecture
Associations:
2019
James Lambiasi ARCHITECT 1st Class Architect Registered Office in Japan
2013
1st Class Registered Architect in Japan
2009-2011
Architectural Institute of Japan Journal Editing Board Member
2008
American Institute of Architects Japan Chapter President
2007
American Institute of Architects Japan Chapter Vice President
2005-2019
American Institute of Architects CES Lecture Series Director
2006
State of New York Registered Architect
Honors and Publications:
2011
Journal of Architecture and Building Science vol.125 no598, Co-Editor: AIJ and Internationalization: “Zero Survey” Data Observations
2010
AIA Japan Design Award – Honorable Mention for the TELL Counseling Center, Tokyo
2010
Journal of Architecture and Building Science vol.125 no598, The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Reconstruction: History or Illusion?