Monday, January 24, 2011

A02

Arata Isozaki - Japanese Architect, Graduated from University of Tokyo.



"His work combine a traditional Japanese sensibility with western post modernism, wittily employing complex asymmetrical forms, innovatively juxtaposed materials, electric formal borrowings from past styles, and technologically sophisticated details."
-The Architecture of Arata Isozaki (1982); D. B. Stewart and H. Yatsuka, Arata Isozaki: Architecture 1960-1990 (1991).
-Wikipedia

Awarded the RIBA Gold medal in 1986 (Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture)


 He Designed COSI Columbus - Using the former Central highs school along with new construction on the site of the school's football field.


He Designed Kyoto Concert Hall in Kyoto, Japan



He Designed MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Los Angeles



He Designed the Team Disney Building


Art Tower in Mito, Ibaraki



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