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1934-2007
Born in Nagoya, Aichi
Japanese architect
One of Metabolist Movement founders in 1960
Kisho Kurokawa - Key Building:
Nakagin Capsule Tower
Pod-like tower building with relationship to Moshe Safdie's Habitat Expo
housing
but more vertical and regular. Each pod has a circular window which makes
the
building look like a stack of washing machines - Le Corbusier's Machine
Houses
realised!
Kisho Kurokawa
: Van Gogh Museum Exhibition Wing, Amsterdam, Netherlands

photo © adrian welch
Kisho Kurokawa - Buildings:
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1970-72
Sony Tower, Osaka, Japan
1972-76
Tateshina Planetarium, Hiroshima, Japan
1976
Japanese Red Cross Society - Headquarters, Tokyo
1975-77
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
1973-77
Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1978-82
National Bunraku Theater, Osaka
1979-83
Wacoal Kojimachi Building, Tokyo
1982-84
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
1983-87
Japanese-German Center of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1985-88
Osaka Prefectural Government Offices, Osaka
1988
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
1988-89
Chinese-Japanese Youth Center, Beijing, China
1987-90
Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters, Okinawa, Japan
1988-90
The Sporting Club at Illinois Center, Chicago, USA
1987-90
Melbourne Central, Melbourne, Australia
1986-91
Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara, Japan
1989-91
Louvain-La-Neuve Museum, Belgium
1990-92
Pacific Tower, Paris, France
1988-92
Ehime Museum of Science, Ehime, Japan
1991-94
Ishibashi Junior High School, Tochigi, Japan
1992-94
The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
1990-94
Hotel Kyocera, Kagoshima, Japan
1991-95
Kibi-cho City Hall / Kibi Dome, Wakayama, Japan
1993-95
Fukui City Museum of Art, Fukui, Japan
1993-96
Fujinomiya Golf Club, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
1994-97
Kashima-machi City Hall, Kumamoto, Japan
1995-97
Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum, Yamanouchi, Japan
1994-97
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1992-98
Van Gogh Museum - New Wing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990-98
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Japan
1996-2000
Osaka International Convention Centre, Osaka
1994-2000
Oita Stadium, Oita, Japan
1996-2001
Toyota City Stadium, Toyota City, Japan
1997-2001
Astana International Airport, Astana, Kazakhstan
2000-03
National Gallery in Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo
2000-05
Singapore Flyer observation wheel, Marina Bay, Singapore
2005-08
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates with DP Architects
Astana - Masterplan, Kazakhstan
1998-2004: Kisho Kurokawa: design competition win
Zenit Stadium, St.Petersburg, Russia
2006-09
Maggies Centre Swansea, Wales, UK
2007-
St Petersburg football stadium, Russia
2007-
More projects online very soon
Kisho Kurokawa
: Japanese buildings
Practice:
Office of Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates estb. 1962, Tokyo
Taught by Kenzo Tange
Kisho Kurokawa - Education:
Degree: Kyoto University Department of Architecture 1957
Masters: Tokyo University School of Architecture 1959
Doctorate: Tokyo University School of Architecture 1964
Nagakin Capsule Tower, off Shuto Orbital, Shinbashi, Tokyo
1972
13 storeys 140 prefabricated capsules apartments
Kisho Kurokawa owned Pod No. 1301
Wakayama Museum of Modern Art, Japan
World Architecture : e-architect
- a guide to key buildings across the globe
Buildings / photos for the Kisho Kurokawa page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk
Kisho Kurokawa Architect
& Associates - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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