Japanese/American, b. 1962
Nanako Umemoto is a principal of RUR Architecture DPC. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union in New York in 1983, following her studies at the School of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at the Osaka University of Art, and formed Reiser + Umemoto with her partner, Jesse Reiser in 1986. Nanako has taught at various schools in the US, Europe, and Asia, including Harvard University, Columbia University, EPFL in Lausanne, Hong Kong University, Kyoto University, the Cooper Union, and has lectured widely at various educational and cultural institutions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. She is a Visiting Elliot Professor at Kent State University
