This young & cute Japanese architect is only 38 yrd, left Toyo Ito's studio 2 years ago to begin his own business. Hirata gave a speech at Eslite Bookstore on Dec 8 2007, below is his reading list for architecture students.

The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Sciences by Michel Foucault

The Art of Memory by Frances Yates

Space: Function to Mode by Hiroshi Hara ( in Japanese )