Featured building - Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo

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Japanese building

Major Projects (alphabetical):

21_21 Design Sight - Museum, Midtown, Tokyo
2007
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Airspace Tokyo, Kitamagome Ota-ku district, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Studio M with Thom Faulders

Amber Hall, Kuji, Japan
1996-99
Kisho Kurokawa

Billboard building – housing block, Tokyo
2005
klein dytham architecture

Chiaroscuro House, Tokyo
1993
Ushida Findlay Architects

Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima
2004
Tadao Ando

Crematorium, Kakamigahara, Japan
2007
Toyo Ito

Crystal brick house – housing, Tokyo
2004
Atelier Tekuto

Dior Omotesando - Dior Store, Tokyo
2003
SANAA Architects

Ehime Museum of Science, Ehime
1991-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Floating-roof house, Okayama
2005
Tezuka Architects

Folly, Osaka, Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects

Fuefukigawa Museum of Fruit, Yamanashi
1993-94
Itsuko Hasegawa

Fukui City Museum of Art, Fukui, Japan
1993-96
Kisho Kurokawa

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama
1996-2000
Kisho Kurokawa

Fukuoka Housing - Nexus World Kashii : Void Space/Hinged Space, Fukuoka
1989-91
Steven Holl Architects

Fukusaki hanging garden – office building, Osaka
2005
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, Japan
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Harajuku Church, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Henri Gueydan

Heaven Chamber, Toyama, Japan
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Heaven Pavilion, Tateyama Museum
1995
Enric Miralles

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
1988-89
Kisho Kurokawa

Hotel Il Palazzo, Fukuoka
1987
Aldo Rossi

Hotel Kyocera, Kagoshima
1991-95
Kisho Kurokawa

House, Karuizawa, Japan
2007
TNA – Makoto Takei & Chie Nabeshima

House, Yokohama, Japan
2007
Kamayachi + Harigai – Seiji Kamayachi + Massafumi Harigai

Ishibashi Junior High School, Tochigi
1992-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Issey Miyake shop, Tokyo
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Izu house, Nishiizu
2004
Atelier Bow-Wow

Japanese Red Cross Society - Headquarters, Tokyo
1975-77
Kisho Kurokawa

Jin office building, Maebashi
2006
Jun Aoki & Associates

Kabuki-Cho, Tokyo, Japan
1990-93
Richard Rogers Partnership

Kanno Museum of Art, Shiogama, nr Sendai
2005
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Kansai Airport, Japan
1988
Foster & Partners

Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka
1994
Renzo Piano Architects

Kashima-machi City Hall, Kumamoto, Japan
1995-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Kibi-cho City Hall / Kibi Dome, Wakayama
1993-95
Kisho Kurokawa

Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2007
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects

Kobe Institute, Rokko Mountains
1990-92
Troughton McAslan

Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
2004
klein dytham architecture

Matsumoto headquarters, Okayamao
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Mihara Cultural Centre, Mihara, Hiroshima
2007
Maki And Associates

Minami Yamashiro Primary School, Kyoto
-
Richard Rogers Partnership

Monsoon Restaurant, Sapporo, Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
-
Gluckman Mayner

Moriyama House – housing, Tokyo
2005
Ryue Nishizawa

Museum, Tokyo, Japan
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
1983-87
Kisho Kurokawa

Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1970-72
Kisho Kurokawa

Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara
1989-91
Kisho Kurokawa

National Gallery in Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo
2000-05
Kisho Kurokawa

The National Institute for Japanese Language, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2004
Maki And Associates

National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
1973-77
Kisho Kurokawa

Nexus Housing, Fukuoka, Japan
1991
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

O Residence, Tokyo, Japan
1997-99
Kisho Kurokawa

Odate - Hall, Odate Jukai Dome Park
1997
Toyo Ito & Associates

Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters, Okinawa
1988-90
Kisho Kurokawa

Onobe House, Tokyo, Japan
1988-89
Simon Conder Associates

Osaka International Convention Centre, Osaka
1994-2000
Kisho Kurokawa

Osaka Prefectural Government Offices, Osaka
1988
Kisho Kurokawa

Oshima Time Temple, Oshima, Toyama Prefecture
1991-93
Benson + Forsyth

Pavilion for Art Triennial, Niigata
-
MVRDV

Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1978-82
Kisho Kurokawa

Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi-Sendai
1995-2001
Toyo Ito & Associates

Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum, Yamanouchi
1994-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, Izumoshi, Shimne
2006
Maki And Associates

Shin-Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi district, Tokyo
2001-07
Hopkins Architects

Showroom + store, Kyoto
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Silver Hut house, Tokyo
1984
Toyo Ito & Associates

Soft and Hairy House, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Softopia Japan, Gifu
1990-96
Kisho Kurokawa

Sony Tower, Osaka, Japan
1972-76
Kisho Kurokawa

Spiral Wall House, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Swatch – Retail & Office Tower, Ginza, Tokyo
2007
Shigeru Ban

Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
-
Toyo Ito & Associates

Tateshina Planetarium, Hiroshima
1976
Kisho Kurokawa

TBWA/Hakuhodo agency office, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Klein Dytham Architecture

T-House
2005
Sou Fujimoto Architects

TOD, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
2004
Toyo Ito & Associates

Tokyo Apartments
-
Sou Fujimoto Architects

Tokyo Club building, Tokyo
2005
Yoshio Taniguchi

Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1989-96
Rafael Vinoly Architects

Tokyo University Library, Japan
2007
Shigeru Ban

Tower of Winds, Yokohama
1986
Toyo Ito & Associates

Toyoda Memorial Hall Renovation, Nagoya, Aichi
2007
Maki And Associates

Toyota Auto, Kyoto, Japan
1989-90/93
David Chipperfield Architects

Toyota City Stadium, Toyota City, Japan
1997-2001
Kisho Kurokawa

Truss Wall House, Machida-city, Tokyo
1993
Ushida Findlay Architects

The Whispering Bridge, Toyama
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Uniqlo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Klein Dytham Architecture

Vertical Horizon, Tokyo
1991
Ushida Findlay Architects

Wacoal Kojimachi Building, Tokyo
1982-84
Kisho Kurokawa

Wakayama - The Museum of Modern Art , Wakayama
1990-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Wedding Chapel, Osaka
-
Jun Aoki & Associates

White U house
1976
Toyo Ito & Associates

Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Japan
-
Toyo Ito

YKK guest house, Kurabe
-
Fumihiko Maki

Yokohama Sportsman Club, Kanagawa Prefecture
1990
Ushida Findlay Architects

Yurakucho Canopy, Tokyo
-
Dewhurst Macfarlane Engineers with Rafael Vinoly Architects
One of the most considered + beautiful pieces of architecture in years – sublime!

Yusuhara Town Hall, Yusuhara, Kochi Prefecture
2007
Kengo Kuma & Associates



Japanese Architect : Fumihiko Maki

Modern Japanese Building:
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
1959
Le Corbusier

Japanese architect : Tadao Ando

Traditional Japanese Building:
Katsura Rikyu - Imperial family residence, Kyoto
17th century
Lord Enshu Kobori
Edo-period architecture: ‘sukiya’ style Imperial villa

Japanese architects

Project only:
Hiroshima air terminal - Architecture Competition
1990
Paul Andreu Architects

No larger images, apologies:
Fukushima

Tom Heneghan Project: image provided by Tom Heneghan Architects via RIAS

Kumamoto

Tom Heneghan Project: image provided by Tom Heneghan Architects via RIAS

Japanese architects : Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates



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