Architect/Klein Dytham Architecture

A Masters degree from the Royal College of Art in London exposed Astrid Klein to the diversity of creative endeavor and developed her talent. A thirst for the exotic led her to Japan, a hunger for the new kept her there. After working for ITO Toyo in Tokyo, she and her partner Mark Dytham established KDa in 1991.
The work of KDa has won many prestigious prizes and has been the subject of numerous publications. KDa major works include Daikanyama T-SITE, Google Tokyo Office, and Ginza Place, and they have won numerous awards, including at the American Retail Environment Awards, the D&AD Awards, and the World Architecture Festival. She has been a lecturer at ITO Juku’s architecture school for children since 2015.