(April 1, 1928 – December 26, 2011) was a prominent

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known as one of the founders of the Japanese

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group. He was also the tutor and employer of several important Japanese architects, such as

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and

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Background

Kikutake was born in 1928 in

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, Japan and graduated from

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in 1950.

Career

Kikutake is best known for his "Marine City" project of 1958, which formed part of the Metabolist Manifesto launched at the World Design Conference in Tokyo in 1960 under the leadership of

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. He, along with fellow member

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was invited to exhibit work at the "Visionary Architecture" exhibition in New York of 1961, through which the Metabolists gained international recognition. Kikutake continued his practice until his death in 2011, producing several key public buildings throughout Japan, as well as lecturing internationally. He was also the President and then Honorary President of the

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Awards

Kikutake was the recipient of numerous awards both in his native Japan and internationally. These include the Japan Academy of Architecture Prize (1970) and the UIA (Union Internationale des Architectes)

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(1978).

List of works

*Sky House, Tokyo, 1958 *Marine City (proposal), 1958 *Tatebayashi Civic Centre, Gumma, 1963 *Administrative building of Izumo Shrine, Shimane, 1963 *Pacific Hotel Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 1966 *Miyakonojo Civic Hall, Miyazaki, 1966 *Expo Tower,

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, Osaka, 1969 *Pasadena Heights, 1975 *Matsumi Tower, Ibaraki, 1976 * Tanabe Art Museum, Shimane, 1979 *Hotel Seiyo Ginza, Tokyo, 1987 *

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, Tokyo, 1993 *

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, Tokyo, 1994 *Kitaya Inari Shrine, Tokyo, 1997 *

Shimane Art Museum The opened in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1999. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 12,500 square metres, it houses a collection of Japanese and Western art, including Momoyama folding screens and paintings by ...

, Shimane, 1999 *

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, Tokyo, 1999 *

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, 1999

References

*Kisho Kurokawa, "The Origin and History of the Metabolist Movement" - Charles Jencks, Kisho Kurokawa. Studio Vista, 1976 *Botond Bognar, "Beyond the Bubble: Contemporary Japanese Architecture" ; Phaidon, 2008

External links

K. Kikutake Architects

Marine City, 1958
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kikutake, Kiyonori 1928 births 2011 deaths People from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese architects Waseda University faculty Waseda University alumni Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class