Takehiko Nagakura is an architect from Tokyo. At MIT, he teaches courses related computer-aided design, and his research focuses on the representation and computation of architectural space and formal design knowledge. He has founded and led Architecture, Representation and Computation group (ARC) since 1996. His built projects include Gushikawa Orchid Center (SD Review Award 1998 and Nikkei New Office Award 1999). Before coming to MIT in 1993, Nagakura worked for Fumihiko Maki in Tokyo, and was an instructor at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. He earned Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture from Tokyo University in 1985, Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1987, and Master of Engineering in Architecture from Tokyo University in 1988. He completed his PhD at Harvard in 1996, with a dissertation that proposed a computable paradigm for developing designs through recognition of architectural forms and transformations in drawings, and its software implementation is under way.