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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, chronological: 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 Maggie’s Centre Swansea, Wales, UK 2007- St Petersburg football stadium, Russia 2007- More projects online very soon Kisho Kurokawa : Japanese buildings Practice Information 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 - 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			Key Links: Japanese Buildings Skyscrapers Office Buildings Japanese Architects