birth_place awards nationality birth_date article_title name alma_mater
beijing , china architectural institute of japan award japanese 1945 riken yamamoto
 riken yamamoto nihon university , tokyo university of the arts
riken yamamoto

, born 1945 beijing , china is a japanese architect .
yamamoto completed his bachelor 's degree from nihon university in 1967 and his master 's degree from the tokyo university of the arts in 1971 , after which he continued his studies at the university of tokyo under hiroshi hara .
he started his own firm in 1973 .
yamamoto was a professor at yokohama national university from 2000 to 2011 .
he currently teaches at his alma mater nihon university .
