Kisho Kurokawa Architect, KKAA Design Studio Japan, Tower, Tokyo Buildings, Design Projects
Kisho Kurokawa Architecture
Japanese Metabolism Architecture Practice – KKAA Architects Studio Tokyo, Japan
22 Jun 2012
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates News
Maggie’s Southwest Wales, UK
Date built: 2012
Design: Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates (KKAA) with Garber & James
photograph : Thore Garbers
Maggie’s Southwest Wales
Design by late Dr Kisho Kurokawa, ArBITAT architects – winner of a RIBA Award 2012
National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Date built: 2011
Design: KKAA + Nihon Sekkei, Inc:
photograph © Robert Day
Japanese Architecture Tour – added 2 Jun 2011
Kisho Kurokawa – Key Projects
Major Buildings by KKAA
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Date built: 1972
Pod-like tower building with relationship to Moshe Safdie’s Habitat Expo housing but more vertical and regular. Each pod has a circular window which makes the building look like a stack of washing machines – Le Corbusier’s Machine Houses realised!
The Nakagin Capsule Tower (Nakagin Kapuseru Tawā) is a mixed-use residential and office tower designed located in Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in just 30 days the building is a rare remaining example of Japanese Metabolism, an architectural movement emblematic of Japan’s postwar cultural resurgence. It was the world’s first example of capsule architecture built for permanent and practical use. The building still exists but has fallen into disrepair.
The building is composed of two interconnected concrete towers, of eleven and thirteen storeys. They house 140 self-contained capsules prefabricated by shipping container factory Shiga Prefecture. Each capsule measures 2.5 m by 4.0 m.
Van Gogh Museum Exhibition Wing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van Gogh Museum Exhibition Wing by Kisho Kurokawa
photo © Adrian Welch
Kisho Kurokawa – Key Buildings
Architecture designs by Kisho Kurokawa, alphabetical:
Astana – Masterplan, Kazakhstan
Date built: 1998-2004
design competition win
Fukui City Museum of Art, Fukui, Japan
Date built: 1993-96
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
Date built: 1988-89
Kibi-cho City Hall / Kibi Dome, Wakayama, Japan
Date built: 1993-95
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date built: 1992-98
Louvain-La-Neuve Museum, Belgium
Date built: 1990-92
Melbourne Central, Melbourne, Australia
Date built: 1986-91
The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Date built: 1990-94
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Date built: 1983-87
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Date built: 1970-72
Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara, Japan
Date built: 1989-91
National Gallery in Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo
Date built: 2000-05
Design: KKAA ; Nihon Sekkei Inc.
photo : Kevin Hemphill
National Art Center Tokyo
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
Date built: 1973-77
Osaka International Convention Centre, Osaka
Date built: 1994-2000
Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1978-82
Singapore Flyer – observation wheel, Marina Bay, Singapore
2005-08
Design: KKAA with DP Architects
Sony Tower, Osaka, Japan
1972-76
The Sporting Club at Illinois Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1987-90
Toyota City Stadium, Toyota City, Japan
1997-2001
Van Gogh Museum – New Wing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990-98
Zenit Stadium, St.Petersburg, Russia
2006-09
More architecture design projects by this Japanese architecture practice online soon
Location: Akasaka Hillside HouseII 1F, 9-5-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Minato-ku Architects Practice Information
1934-2007
Born in Nagoya, Aichi. Japan
Japanese architect
One of Metabolist Movement founders in 1960
Office of KKAA established 1962, Tokyo
Kisho was taught by famous Japanese architect Kenzo Tange
Education
Degree: Kyoto University Department of Architecture 1957
Masters: Tokyo University School of Architecture 1959
Doctorate: Tokyo University School of Architecture 1964
Nagakin Capsule Tower, off Shuto Orbital, Shinbashi, Tokyo
Date built: 1972
13 storeys – 140 prefabricated capsules apartments
Kisho Kurokawa owned Pod No. 1301
Kisho Kurokawa buildings – designs listed chronologically
Japanese Architecture
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates Head Office is in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Branch Offices in Nagoya-Tokai, Osaka, St.Petersburg (Russia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Wakayama Museum of Modern Art, Japan
Website: https://www.kisho.co.jp/
Buildings / photos for the Kisho Kurokawa page welcome