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Kunio Maekawa BirthdaySunday, May 14, 1905 BirthplaceNiigata, Niigata DiedThursday, June 26, 1986 NationalityJapan The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Maekawa, Kunio (also K. Mayekawa). Born May 14, 1905, in Niigata-shi, in Niigata Prefecture. Japanese architect. Maekawa ...
Maekawa Kunio and Wooden Modernism. The 1940s has generally been regarded by scholars as a lost period in the history of Japanese architecture. 4 In 1937, as Japan plunged into the full-scale war with China, the government started to limit the use of steel materials, thus, ...
Maekawa Kunio: prefabrication and wooden modernism 1945-1951. Autores: Takaaki Kumagai Localización: Dearq, ISSN-e 2215-969X, ISSN 2011-3188, Nº. 22, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La historia en la formación del arquitecto), págs. 36-45 Idioma: inglés Títulos paralelos: Maekawa Kunio: pré-fabricação e modernismo de madeira, 1945-1951; Maekawa Kunio: prefabricación y modernismo de madera ...
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.
Kunio Maekawa (jap. 前川國男, Maekawa Kunio, 14. toukokuuta 1905 Niigata – 27. kesäkuuta 1986 Tokio) oli japanilainen arkkitehti. Hänellä oli keskeinen rooli japanilaisen modernin arkkitehtuurin synnyssä ja kehityksessä. Etenkin Le Corbusierilla oli huomattava vaikutus hänen töihinsä.
Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, Maekawa Kunio, 14 May 1905 – 26 June 1986) was a Japanese architect and a key figure in Japanese postwar modernism. His distinctive architectural language deftly blended together elements of traditional Japanese design and modernist tenets from Europe, drawing from early career work experiences in the offices of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond. He is especially ...
JA 117 features Kunio Maekawa (1905-1986), a leading figure in Japanese modernist architecture, who has worked for both Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond. Guest editor Hera van Sande, a Belgian architect, introduces her unique vision on Maekawa from both a Western perspective and an architect's perspective.
