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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Kisho-KurokawaKurokawa Kishō | Japanese Architect & Metabolist Movement ...

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Kurokawa wrote numerous books on architecture, including Metabolism in Architecture (1977), Rediscovering Japanese Space (1988), Intercultural Architecture: The Philosophy of Symbiosis (1991), From Metabolism to Symbiosis (1992), and Kisho Kurokawa: From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life (1998). He also was an active educator and ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kisho_KurokawaKisho Kurokawa - Wikipedia

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   Kurokawa was the founder and president of Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, established 8 April 1962. The enterprise's head office is in Tokyo with branch offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Astana, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Los Angeles. The company is registered with the Japanese government as a "First Class Architects Office."

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   Apr 8, 2020 · Kisho Kurokawa (April 8th 1934 – October 12th 2007) was one of Japan's leading architects of the 20th century, perhaps most well-known as one of the founders of the Metabolist movement of the ...

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6. www.kisho.co.jpKISHO KUROKAWA

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7. www.moma.org › artists › 6967Kisho Kurokawa - MoMA

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   Kurokawa continued to explore the themes of urban expansion and mobile living throughout the 1960s and 1970s, via his architectural practice Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, established in 1962. The height of Metabolist collaboration took place at Expo ’70, the 1970 World’s Fair in Osaka, for which Kurokawa received three commissions ...

8. architecture-history.org › architects › architectsKISHO KUROKAWA

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   Kisho Kurokawa is one of Japan's leading designers known for his theory of symbiosis. According to Kurokawa, "symbiosis" is an alternative conceptual model for Japanese architecture that simultaneously embodies seemingly conflicting ideas, such as universal principles and regional differences, Western and Eastern sensibilities, history and future, small and large scales, or cultural identity ...

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   Who is Kisho Kurokawa?

   • Kurokawa was the founder and president of Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, established 8 April 1962. The enterprise's head office is in Tokyo with branch offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Astana, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Los Angeles. The company is registered with the Japanese government as a "First Class Architects Office."

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   What books did Kisho Kurokawa write?

   • Kurokawa wrote numerous books on architecture, including Metabolism in Architecture (1977), Rediscovering Japanese Space (1988), Intercultural Architecture: The Philosophy of Symbiosis (1991), From Metabolism to Symbiosis (1992), and Kisho Kurokawa: From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life (1998).

   Kurokawa Kishō | Japanese Architect & Metabolist Movement Pioneer

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   Was Kisho Kurokawa a Metabolist?

   • As a Metabolist architect, Kisho Kurokawa focused his work on the “Age of Life” principle. Back then, architectural ideologies influenced and were influenced by industrial machines, and Kurokawa rejected this notion. Biological terms such as metabolism or symbiosis were not just metaphors for Kurokawa but the very essence of the architect’s works.

   Kisho Kurokawa: Pioneer of Symbiosis and Metabolic Architecture

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   Who was Kurokawa & what did he do?

   • Born in 1934, in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, Kurokawa, who trained at Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo, belonged to a postwar generation of Japanese architects who navigated a nationwide construction boom.

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   What does Kisho Kurokawa mean by biology?

   • According to architect Kisho Kurokawa (黒川紀章, also anglicized as Noriaki Kurokawa), they are all “part of a continuous natural entity.” 1 In his designs and writing, he regarded biology not simply as a metaphor but also as a blueprint for architecture’s role in sustaining the “harmony of technology, humanity, and nature in modern society.” 2

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   What shaped Kurokawa's early career?

   • Kurokawa's early career was shaped largely by his experiences as one of the founders of the so-called Metabolist movement during the early 1960s, whose members included other well-known Japanese architects, such as Fumihiko Maki and Kiyonori Kikutake.

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10. parametric-architecture.com › kisho-kurokawaKisho Kurokawa: Pioneer of Symbiosis and Metabolic Architecture

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    Aug 10, 2024 · Kisho Kurokawa was honored worldwide for his works multiple times during his lifetime. His remarkable achievements included the 48th Japan Art Academy Award in 1992, Gold Metal from the Academy of Architecture, France, in 1986, and the AIA Los Angeles Pacific Rim Award in 1997.