Novembre 2024

Kisho Kurokawa (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. Born in Kanie, Aichi, Kurokawa studied architecture at Kyoto University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1957. He then attended University of Tokyo, under the supervision of Kenzo Tange.

Kisho Kurokawa, National Bunraku Theater, Minami-ku, Osaka, Japan

Kisho Kurokawa, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hijiyama Mountain, Japan

Kisho Kurokawa, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kurokawa was the founder and president of Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, established 8 April 1962. The enterprise's head office is in Tokyo with branch offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Astana, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Los Angeles.

Kisho Kurokawa, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Kisho Kurokawa, Kuala Lumpur's international airport, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

With colleagues, he cofounded the Metabolist Movement in 1960, whose members were known as Metabolists. It was a radical Japanese avant-garde movement pursuing the merging and recycling of architecture styles within an Asian context. The movement was very successful, peaking when its members received praise for the Takara Cotillion Beautillion at the Osaka World Expo 1970. The group was dismantled shortly thereafter.

KKAA+ Nihon Sekkei, Inc, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan @Dick Thomas Johnson

Kisho Kurokawa, Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama , Japan

KKAA with Garber & James, Maggie's South West Wales, Swansea, UK

Steven Holl Architects, Meander Housing, Helsinki, Finland

Dominique Coulon & associés, Fondettes Aquatic center, Tours Métropole Val de Loire, France

Giuseppe Tortato Architetti, Volkswagen Leasing & Bank Gmbh Headquarters, Milan, Italy

Zaha Hadid Architects, The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre, Uzbekistan ©Render by Norviska

Alberto Campo Baeza, 2022 Archaeological Museum of Córdoba, Spain

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Snøhetta, Refuge de Barroude, UNESCO World Heritage site, Pyrenees National Park, France

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