latest works in the world by Japanese architects

[coldstar]

Originally Posted by south

I love Tadao Ando's work.

Saw an exhibition at Roppongi Hills last year (or was it the year before?) which featured a few of Shigeru Ban's designs. They really stood out above the rest. Have to find out some more about him.

Shigeru Ban's 'Nomadic Museum' is now in his hometown Tokyo after NY and LA.

Nomadic Museum in Tokyo Waterfront

'Ashes and snow' by Gregory Colbert, Canadian photo artist, is now on exhibition there.
Shigeru Ban has made NY and Paris as well as Tokyo his bases.
The Bourgogne Museum in France (in 2006) is also his work.

[coldstar]

Originally Posted by coldstar

by Jun Aoki
Louis Vuitton NY HQ (2004)

Aside from Louis Vuitton NY HQ on the Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton Ginza and Hong Kong HQ are Jun Aoki's design.

Louis Vuitton Hong Kong Landmark by Jun Aoki


But Louis Vuitton Maison in Taipei (2006) was designed by Kumiko Inui. She also designed Louis Vuitton Osaka.

Louis Vuitton Maison Taipei (I only found this small pic, but the building is a splendid design)

[japanese001]

Louvre Lance annex done in 2009 seems to be a Japanese design.

A design of Nigerian capital abuja is Kenzo Tange.


Description of Kenzo Tange work Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Hiroshima peace Park Tokyo cathedral Santa Maria Maggiore Tokyo Olympics national indoor general sports stadium Yugoslavia, some high-rise building Shinjuku park tower Fuji TV main office Tokyo Dome hotel Naples city new capitals feeling design of city design Singapore of Skopje

[coldstar]

Thanks, japanese001. But you forgot that Tange had designed two international airport, Algeria International Airport and Kuwait International Airport.
And it seems to me Naples Administration Center (Naples New City ) was the considerable project by him.
Regretfully, Kenzo Tange brought no works down in NY, as far as I know, he left only a few in US, such as American Medical Association HQ in Chicago,though.

OK, I'll show tons of works done by Japanese architects in the whole world beside in NYC in this thread.
Now Japanese architects might be most sought after in the world.

Arata Isozaki
he also designed Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) and the Sports Palace of the Barcelona Olympics 1992.

Urban Polo, Milan Italy (2012)
(the other scrapers are by Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid)

Cornell University in Qatar Education City, Doha Qatar (2004)


Waro Kishi
Paju SW office (Research Park in the suburbs of Seoul) (2006)


Tadao Ando
He is only a Japanese grand slam architect who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the AIA Gold Medal, and the Royal Gold Medal, since Kenzo Tange.

Shanghai Design Center (2008)

Maritime Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE ('New Art Island Project' with Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry)


Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa
They are widely known as 'SANAA'. Forbes recently awarded them as one of 'World's 10 Most Talented Architects'.
EPLF Learning Center, Switzerland (2009)


Naomi Sato
Shanghai Tennis Stadium


Toyo Ito
He's one of the most innovative architect in the world without doubt, and won the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects last year.
(He became the fourth Japanese gold medalist.)
Serpentine Gallery, London

Taichung Concert Hall (Opera House), Taiwan

Kaohsiung Stadium, Taiwan. Personally I like this most.


Riken Yamamoto
SOHO, Beijing China. (all these buildings were designed by him alone!!!)


Shin Takamatsu
He is the imaginative post-modern architect of global fame.
Black Pearl, Taipei

Takangpu MRT Station, Kaohsiung Taiwan

Taipei Dome

Tianjin Museum, China


AXA Sato
Tianjin Olympic Stadium, China

Shenyang Oympic Stadium, China


Kisho Kurokawa
As he designed the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the Pacific Tower in La Defense Paris and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, he has been doing lots of work overseas.
Astana, new capital of Kazakhstan, has been developed based on Kurokawa's grand design.
Thus, Astana International Airport was designed by him. He is the father of Astana in a sense.


Noritaka Tange
YTL HQ, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia


Norihiko Dan
Taoyuan International Airport, New International Terminal. Taipei (2010)

Sun Moon Lake Tourist Route, Taiwan (2009)


Fumihiko Maki
His projects are too many. So I'll show the rest later.
Taipei Gate Towers, Taipei


Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
Sports Complex of National Seoul University, S.Korea

[Treasure]

Can we see some works from these architects that they have done in japan?

[coldstar]

techtonic news!

1.
Documentary film on Frank Gehry 'Sketches of Frank Gehry' is coming to Tokyo at long last.
The movie was first screened in Toronto Canada in 2006, and is to be put on in Shibuya next month.
Besides, exhibitions on Frank Gehry are mounted in Omotesando and Shibuya!



2.
'Le Corbusier Exhibition '07' starts next week at Mori Art Museum in Roppongi!

FYI.
Le Corbusier's work in Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Tokyo designed by Le Corbusier

[south]

thanks for all the posts, guys, i'm loving this thread.

by the way, i had no idea the museum of western art was by le corbusier. i'll definitely be checking out that exhibition at the mori center, too.

[coldstar]

for those who are concerned with the contemporary architecture of Japan,

The National Art Center Tokyo in Roppongi is to run a splendid exhibition in collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles at the beginning of next month.

Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture ,
the exhibition presenting recent trends in fashion and architecture, especially in Japan since 1980s.

The exhibition will consist of 230 works by some 40 outstanding fashion designers and architects from 21 countries, including Japan, where leading-edge work is being produced in both disciplines.

Fashion Designers and Architects included are:

Issey Miyake
Comme des Garçons
Yohji Yamamoto
Shigeru Ban
Toyo Ito
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
etc.,

Jean Nouvel, Herzog & deMeuron, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, Alexander McQueen, Viktor & Rolf and more will come in!

NACT in Roppongi

[coldstar]

updating!!


Hiroshi Nakamura: up-and coming young designer
Metamorph, Kuwait (2009), artificial high-end complex commercial establsihment on the desert


Shin Takamatsu
Multi Casa, Duisburg, Germany

Business Center, Tbilisi, Georgia

Channel 9 Broadcasting Center, Tbilisi, Georgia


Arata Isozaki
Isozaki Atea, Bilbao, Spain

Hotel Puerta America, Madrid, Spain
(together with Jean Nouvel, Marc Newson, Ron Arad and Norman Foster, etc.)

skyscraper (unnamed?) in Spain. Isozaki is engaged in many peojects in Spain.


Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa
Zollverein School, Essen, Germany

[Vapour]

Originally Posted by coldstar

skyscraper (unnamed?) in Spain. Isozaki is engaged in many peojects in Spain.

It was a proposal for a bank HQ, but it did't get selected.

[coldstar]

thanks for correcting, Vapour.

Caixa Forum, at Montjuich in Barcelona Spain (renovation design by Arata Isozaki )


FIRA de Barcelona Montjuic 2 in Spain was designed by Toyo Ito
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Vivo City, Singapore (2006) by Toyo Ito
largest mall at the harbourfront in Singapore




Republic Polytechnic, Singapore (2007) by Fumihiko Maki


Singapore Flyer, Singapore (2008) by Kisho Kurokawa


Fusionopolis, Singapore (2007) by Kisho Kurokawa


As for Kisho Kurokawa, the construction of the stadium designed by him has begun in Russia.
Stadium Zenit, Saint Petersburg Russia (perfection: 2009), by Kisho Kurokawa

looks like his Toyota Stadium

[coldstar]

Kengo Kuma
he is the most promising architect of Neo-Japanisim architecture (reinterpretation of the tradition). He also has put the working overseas on the move.

Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay Island Resort, Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean Sea. (2010)

Five internationally renowned architects other than Kengo Kuma, such as David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid, have taken part in this prestigious resort project.
Shigeru Ban is one of them.


Commune by The Great Wall, Beijing China, by Kengo Kuma (2002)
Asian architects from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and S.Korea created this luxurious resort hotel.
From Japan, Kengo Kuma, Nobuaki Saito, and Shigeru Ban were engaged with the project.


Z 58 Design Center , Shanghai China by Kengo Kuma (2006)

[coldstar]

more!

Papertainer Museum, Seoul S.Korea (2006) by Shigeru Ban
he is well-known for original 'paper architecture'.


Novartis Campus, Basel Switzerland (2006) by Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)


The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio USA (2006) by Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)


Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts USA (2007) by Tadao Ando


Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University (2006) by Fumihiko Maki


The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, Ottawa Canada (2008) by Fumihiko Maki

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Hiroshi Hara
quite popular architect.
He's noted for Sapporo Dome, Kyoto Station, and Osaka Sky Building.

Taiwan Project, Hsinchu Taiwan


Kazuhiro Kojima
Liberal Arts and Science College, Qatar

Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Vietnam


Arata Isozaki
Diamond Island New Urban Quarter, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam



Kengo Kuma
Kenny Height, Kuala Lumpur Malysis

[coldstar]

Terunobu Fujimori
Yes, he has appeared on at long last!
He's the bizarre architect, but his extraordinarily fantastic talent has become the focus of attention in world's architectural field.







all these works are in Japan.

[coldstar]

Originally Posted by coldstar

Arata Isozaki
he also designed Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) and the Sports Palace of the Barcelona Olympics 1992.

Urban Polo, Milan Italy (2012)
(the other scrapers are by Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid)

one more render and the news article about The Fiera Milano Project (completion:2008)



Milan's old trade fair area will shortly be subjected to major renovations changing its structure, configuration and functions. 255 of its 400 thousand square metres have been redesigned by big names in international architecture today: Daniel Libeskind, Arata Isozaki, Zaha Hadid and Pier Paolo Maggiora.

The transformation will centre around three skyscrapers: a 170 metre high sail (Libeskind), a twisting skyscraper 185 metres high (Hadid) and the tallest building of all, 215 metres, by Isozaki.

[NEWUSER]

Great building designs - really nice.

But i have to ask, what's with the STAR OF DAVID ceiling in the pic below?

Originally Posted by coldstar

[coldstar]

'Tornade' by Tokujin Yoshioka. This is his award-winning memorial works of 'Designer of the Year 2007'.
American art forum 'Design Miami' began this prestigious award in 2005, and the prize went to Zaha Hadid in 2005, and to Marc Newson in 2006.

[coldstar]

Jean Nouvel Wins Pritzker Prize
The New York Times, Mar 31, 2008
The French architect will be awarded the Pritzker Prize Monday -- the top prize in the field of architecture.

"Mr. Nouvel, 62, is the second French citizen to take the prize, awarded annually to a living architect by a jury chosen by the Hyatt Foundation. His selection is to be announced Monday."

"'For over 30 years Jean Nouvel has pushed architecture’s discourse and praxis to new limits,' the Pritzker jury said in its citation. 'His inquisitive and agile mind propels him to take risks in each of his projects, which, regardless of varying degrees of success, have greatly expanded the vocabulary of contemporary architecture.'"


Pritzker Prize
Laureates (1979-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Prize
In 2007 the prize went to Richard Rogers (UK).
It's wonderful to see their recent masterpieces in Tokyo.

Dentsu HQ in Shiodome (by Jean Nouvel)


NTV Tower in Shiodome (by Richard Rogers)