Reiko Hayama

Reiko Hayama (; November 9, 1933 – January 20, 2025) was a Japanese architect. She became the first architect from Japan to work in France.

Biography Reiko Hayama was born in Tokyo in 1933. She attended Yokohama National University from 1952 to 1958.

From 1959 to 1965, she worked for Kunio Maekawa, who had collaborated with the Swiss French architect Le Corbusier.

Hayama left Japan in 1966 and moved to Paris thanks to a Franco-Japanese collaboration scholarship issued by the French government.

In France, she spent three years collaborating with Charlotte Perriand, then spent 1969–1976 working with Jean Prouvé. 1976: at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (exterior renovation) 1978: Maison du Japon at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (interior renovation) 1978: Dupuis house, Chaville 1984 and 1994: Canon Bretagne S.A.S., Brittany 1990: Yamaha Music France S.A., Marne-la-Vallée 1990: Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 1992: Konica-Minolta Lorraine S.A.S., Vosges 1992: Hitachi Computer Europe S.A.S., Orléans 1992: Domaine de Belesbat Neuf (restoration, hotel renovation), Essone 1992: Ogura S.A.S., Valenciennes 1992: Akebono Brake S.A.S., Gonesse 1992: Noritsu France S.A., Évry 2000: Sanden Manufacturing Europe S.A.S., Brittany 2001: Japanese Ambassador's Residence (renovation), Paris 2012: Yamagata Toyopet S.A., Yamagata