Arata Isozaki architect, Japan architecture designs

Arata Isozaki Architecture: Building Designs

post updated 18 August 2026

Arata Isozaki Architect News

Contemporary Japanese Architecture Practice: Design Office information + News:

25 Apr 2013 + 21 Jun 2011
CityLife skyscraper – endless Tower, Milan, Lombardy, Northwest Italy
Date: 2011-
Design: Arata Isozaki & Andrea Maffei Associates

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CityLife skyscraper : Endless Tower Milan
The tower design consists of a modular system which can be repeated indefinitely. The basic module is a long, narrow (24 by 61.5 meters) volume of 6 office floors. The narrow proportions of the plan are intended to make the volume of the tower appear slimmer. The side facades are completely glazed, revealing the glass elevators.

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Arata Isozaki Architect – Key Projects

Major Developments by Arata Isozaki, alphabetical:

Mystetskyj Arsenal Cultural-Art and Museum Complex, Kyiv, Russia
Date built: 2008

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Mystetskyj Arsenal architecture competition : winning design

Art Tower Mito, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Date built: 1986-90

Atea towers, Bilbao, Basque Country, Northeast Spain
Date built: 2008
22 storeys high building

Bond University Campus, Queensland, Australia
Date built: –

D38 Zona Franca Office Complex, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date built: 2008-09
Design: with Foreign Office Architects

Hotel Puerta America, Madrid, Spain
Date built: 2004-05
Design: various architects – each space designed by a different architecture studio

photograph from HPA

Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Date built: 1991-95

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Date built: 1986
Design: with Gruen Associates
This building is located at 250 South Grand Avenue

Manggha Centre of Japanese Art & Technology, Krakow, Poland
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Megaron Concert Hall, Thessalonika, Greece
Date built: 2003-

Nara Centennial Hall, Nara, Japan
Date built: 1992-98

Qatar National Library, Doha, Qatar
Date built: 2002-

St Jordi Sports Pavilion, Hill of Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
Date built: 1990

photo © Adrian Welch
Palau Sant Jordi

Turin Winter Olympics Stadium, Italy
Date built: 2000-06

More architecture projects by this Japanese architecture studio online soon

Location: Tokyo, Japan, eastern Asia

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Arata Isozaki Practice Information

Architect studio based in Japan.

Portrait Photograph of this Japanese architect:

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World Architecture Festival Awards : Super jury leader 2010

This architect worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own architecture firm in 1963.

His early projects were influenced by European experiences with a style mixed between “New Brutalism” & “Metabolist Architecture” (Oita Medical Hall, 1959-60) according to Reyner Banham. His style continued to evolve with buildings such as the Fujimi Country Club (1973–74) and Kitakyushu Central Library (1973–74). Later he developed a more modernistic style with buildings such as the Art Tower of Mito (1986–90) and Domus-Casa del Hombre (1991-1995).

Website : www.isozaki.co.jp

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Japan Buildings

Contemporary Architecture in Japan – architectural selection below:

Hashima Office, Hashima City, southern Gifu Prefecture (1051 Sugasakai, Hirakata, Fukuju-cho), Chūbu region
Architecture: PERMANENT Co., Ltd. and Atelier Nagara Architects (Joint Design)

photo : Kenta Hasegawa (OFP Inc.)