Kisho Kurokawa

BIOGRAFI
Lahir : Nagoya, 1934
Tempat tinggal : Jepang
Pendidikan : Graduated from Kyoto University, B. / Arch. Course, Department of
Architecture (1957), Tokyo University
M. / Arch. Course, School of Architecture (1959) Tokyo University
Dr. / Arch. Course, School of Architecture (1964)
Debut : Tahun 1960 memelopori pendirian metabolisme Movement. Sejak itu
memiliki paradigma dari the Age of Machine Principle ke the Age of Life Principle
Mempublikasikan Urban Design, Homo Movens, Thesis on Architecture I and
II, The Era of Nomad, Philosophy of Symbiosis, Hanasuki, Poems of
Architecture and Kisho Kurokawa Note. Bukunya yang berjudul Philosophy of
Symbiosis mendapatkan penghargaan dari The Japan Grand Prix Literature,
diterbitkan tahun 1987 dan direvisi 1991.
Beberapa karyanya di Jepang yaitu: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art,
Wakayama, 1994, The National Ethnological Museum, Honjin Memorial Museum of
Art in Japan, The National Bunraku Theatre, Sony Tower, Osaka, 1972-1973, Nagoya
City Art Museum, Ehime Prefectural Museum of General Science, Osaka
International Centre (Grand Cube Osaka), Karuizawa House, Karuizawa, 1974, ,
Tateshina Planetarium, Hiroshima, 1976 dll
Beberapa karyanya di luar jepang antara lain ; The Art Museum of Louvain-la-
Neuve di Belgia, German Centre of Berlin di Germany, Melbourne Central di
Australia, Pasific Tower di Paris, Perancis Astana International Airport di Kazakhtan,
the Chinese-Japanese Youth Centre di Beijing, China, , Republic Plaza, Singapore,
The Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, dan New Wing of the Van Gogh
Museum, Amsterdam, dll
Penghargaan : Japan Art Academy Award, 1992, for Nara City Museum of
Photography
1986 Gold Medal, Academy of Architecture, France
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Advanced Research for Japanese Architectural
Studies, Columbia University