Masako Hayashi

Masako Hayashi (林 雅子) was a Japanese architect. She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.

Career
Hayashi primarily designed residential housing for limited space environments, using innovative building materials, space utilization and clean design. In 1958, Hayashi co-founded the Hayashi, Yamada, Nakahara Architectural Design Coterie with Hatsue Yamada and Nobuko Nakahara.

She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.

Personal life
She was married to architect Shoji Hayashi.

Notable awards

 * American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellowship
 * Architectural Institute of Japan Award

Notable works

 * Umi no gyararī (Gallery of the Sea), Tosashimizu, Kōchi, Japan