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AB - Kunio Maekawa A Japanese Modernist in Search for Architectural Identity This study focuses on the role and the changing definition of tradition in respect to modernism in the period 1920 to 1970. In the last quarter of the 19th century Japan was urged to westernize com¬pletely without respecting its own traditions. ...
Mayekawa o Maekawa Kunio (1905-1986). Arquitecto japonés, nacido en 1905 en Niigata-shi y fallecido en 1986 en Tokio. Está considerado el padre de la nueva arquitectura japonesa, junto con Junzo Sakakura, que fue como él mismo, discípulo de Le Corbusier. Estudió arquitectura en la Universidad de Tokio y, tras conseguir su título de ...
1 de jun. de 2018 · Maekawa Kunio was born in the city of Niigata. in 1905. After graduating from high school in T o-. kyo, he entered T okyo University’s Architecture. Department in 1925. In T okyo University ...
25 de sept. de 2023 · Hello Friends and Welcome to the Architecture Enthusiust. Nestled amidst the urban fabric of Tokyo, the House of Kunio Maekawa stands as a profound architec...
25 de may. de 2020 · The Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan), designed by Kunio Maekawa in 1957, opened in April 1961. The building was Japan’s first concert hall and was located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. The heavy cornice and roof superstructures are reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s works, for whom Maekawa had previously worked.
15 de may. de 2018 · Abstract. "Esplanade" is one of the names related to outdoor spaces that Kunio Maekawa ( 1905–19 86) used in. his late architectonics design activities. This paper examines how Kunio Maekawa ...
In 1955 the I-House building was constructed under the collaboration of three prominent Japanese architects – Maekawa Kunio, Sakakura Junzō, and Yoshimura Junzō and was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize the following year. In August 2006, it was registered as a tangible cultural property by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan.The International House of Japan is a ...
