In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west.

[4] In 2006, he returned to Washington University in St. Louis to design the new home for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Walker Hall.

[5] After completing a $330 million expansion of the headquarters of the United Nations in Manhattan, Maki designed Tower 4 at the former World Trade Center site which opened in 2013.

"[6] Maki recently designed the London campus of the Aga Khan University along with a cultural centre as part of the King's Cross development project.

[9] For instance, he introduced the concept of oku, which is a spatial layout unique to Japan in which spaces wind around a structure.