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
Maggie’s Centre Swansea, Wales, UK
2007-
St Petersburg football stadium, Russia
2007-

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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

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