1953   born in London /
England  
1977   graduates in architecture at the Architectural  
                     
            Association
School of Architecture, London 
                     
            works
for Norman
Foster and Richard
Rogers 
1984   establishes own architectural
office 
            1987   guest lecturer
at Harvard
University 
            1995-2001  Professor of
architecture at the Staatliche  
               
Akademie der
            Bildenden
Künste, Stuttgart 
2004   knighted 
2007   receives Stirling Prize for Museum of Modern  
                     
            Literature,
Marbach 
            2010
  is awarded with Wolf Prize in Arts 
            2011
  is
awarded with German Architecture
Award 
            2012  
directes the 13th Venice
Architecture
Bienalle 
            2013   receives
arts prize Praemium
Imperiale  
                     
            awarded by the imperial family of Japan 
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