In October, Andrea Leers traveled to Tokyo to attend the memorial for Fumihiko Maki. While in Tokyo, Andrea met with Gary Kamemoto, who will now lead Maki Associates, pictured here at Hillside Terrace. Gary worked with Leers Weinzapfel Associates on the MIT Media Lab completed in 2009.

Andrea was one of the five invited to write an essay for the A+U Architecture and Urbanism October 2024 Special Issue in memory of Fumihiko Maki. Her essay, “Inquiry then Invention” recalls his life, work and their friendship over more than 40 years.