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Ryue Nishizawa (西沢 立衛 Nishizawa Ryūe born 1966 Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Yokohama National University and is director of his own firm Office of Ryue Nishizawa established in 1997. In 1995 he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) with the architect Kazuyo Sejima. In 2010 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize together with Sejima making him the youngest recipient ever.