Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1971 and studied architecture at Tokyo University. He established Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo in 2000.

In 2015, he won the Invited International Competition for the New Learning Center at Paris-Saclay's Ecole Polytechnique following the triumph in the International Competition for the Second Folly of Montpellier in 2014. In 2013 he became the youngest architect to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London.

His most important works include “the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013” (2013), “House NA” (2011), “Musashino Art University Museum & Library” (2010), “Final Wooden House”(2008), and “House N” (2008).