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:Kiyonori Kikutake

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{{Nihongo|Kiyonori Kikutake|菊竹 清訓|Kikutake Kiyonori}} (April 1, 1928 – December 26, 2011) was a prominent Japanese architect known as one of the founders of the Japanese Metabolist group.{{cite news|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120105/art12010513040002-n1.htm |script-title=ja:日本を代表する建築家、菊竹清訓氏が死去 ８３歳 建築運動「メタボリズム」をリード |date=2012-01-05 |publisher=MSN |language=Japanese |accessdate=5 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430055655/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120105/art12010513040002-n1.htm |archivedate=30 April 2012 }} He was also the tutor and employer of several important Japanese architects, such as Toyo Ito, Shōzō Uchii and Itsuko Hasegawa.

Background

Kikutake was born in 1928 in Kurume, Japan and graduated from Waseda University in 1950.{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/317634/Kikutake-Kiyonori|title=Kiyonori Kikutake|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|accessdate=5 January 2012}}

Career

Kikutake is best known for his "Marine City" project of 1958, which formed part of the Metabolist Manifesto launched at the World Design Conference in Tokyo in 1960 under the leadership of Kenzo Tange. He, along with fellow member Kisho Kurokawa was invited to exhibit work at the "Visionary Architecture" exhibition in New York of 1961, through which the Metabolists gained international recognition. Kikutake continued his practice until his death in 2011, producing several key public buildings throughout Japan, as well as lecturing internationally. He was also the President and then Honorary President of the Japan Institute of Architects. Kikutake often collaborated with the prominent Japanese structural engineer Gengo Matsui. Starting from the early 1950s, they worked together on the design of more than 40 buildings, including on well-known projects like the Sky House, Hotel Tōkōen, Toku’un-ji Temple Ossuary, and the Hagi Civic Hall. {{Cite book |last=Matsui |first=Gengo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJEyvwEACAAJ |title=Structural Design in Japanese Architecture Gengo Matsui Works 1955-1989 |year=1991 |language=English}}

Awards

Kikutake was the recipient of numerous awards both in his native Japan and internationally. These include the Japan Academy of Architecture Prize (1970) and the UIA (Union Internationale des Architectes) Auguste Perret Prize (1978).

List of works

File:Tatebayashi Civic Center 2009.jpg|Tatebayashi Civic Centre, 1963

File:Kikutake Izumo-1979.jpg|Administrative building of Izumo Shrine, 1963

File:Kikutake Miyakonojo-1979.jpg|Miyakonojo Civic Hall, 1966

File:EXPO TOWER.JPG|Osaka Expo Tower, 1970

File:Matsumi Tower.jpg|Matsumi Tower, 1976

File:Ginza Theatres Building.jpg|Hotel Seiyo Ginza, 1987

File:Edo-Tokyo Museum.jpg|Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1993

File:Sofitel Tokyo.jpg|Hotel Sofitel Tokyo, 1994

File:Kitaya-Inari-Shrine-Shibuya-01.jpg|Kitaya Inari Shrine, 1997

File:Showa kan.jpg|National Showa Memorial Museum, 1999

References

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  • Kisho Kurokawa, "The Origin and History of the Metabolist Movement" - Charles Jencks, Kisho Kurokawa. Studio Vista, 1976
  • Botond Bognar, "Beyond the Bubble: Contemporary Japanese Architecture" ; Phaidon, 2008

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119114730/http://www.kikutake.co.jp/e/top/top.html K. Kikutake Architects]
  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofsound/202591971/ Marine City, 1958]

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Category:1928 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:People from Fukuoka Prefecture

Category:Japanese architects

Category:Academic staff of Waseda University

Category:Waseda University alumni

Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class