Known for the design of landmark structures such as the Setagaya Art Museum,[1] Oita City Museum of Art, and the Fukiage Palace, the residence on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace for the Emperor of Japan.
Uchii was awarded the R.S Reynolds Memorial Prize in 1980 for his design of the Treasury building of the Kuon-ji Temple in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
After graduating with both an undergraduate and master's degree from Waseda University in 1958, he started his architectural career in the offices of influential Metabolist pioneer Kiyonori Kikutake.
Uchii earned a PhD degree in Engineering from Kyoto University in 1992.
From 1979 to 1981, Uchii served as President of the Japan Institute of Architects.