is an architect from Japan, known for his modern-style buildings. His work includes projects in other countries. He is the principal architect at Hiroshi Naito Architect & Associates in

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. He is Professor emeritus at the

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and President of

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Life and career

Naito was born in 1950 in

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, Japan. He received a M.Arch from Graduate School of

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. He was chief architect at Fernand Higueras in Madrid, Spain, from 1976 to 1978, and worked at Kikutake Architects in Tokyo from 1979 to 1981. Naito established Naito Architect & Associates in 1981. Naito designed a "dog cooler" for

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Works

Toba Sea-Folk Museum is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, mu ...

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, 1992 * Chihiro Art Museum,

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, 1993 and 1993–97 * Autopolois Art Museum, Hita, Oita, 1993 * Fishing Museum, Shima, 1994 * Wohn- und Atelierhaus, 1995 and 1997 * Ushibuka Fisherman's Wharf,

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, 1997 *

Makino Botanical Garden The , also known as the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located at Godaisan 4200-6, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is open to the public daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was est ...

main building and exhibition building, 1999 * Koga Municipal Park visitor center,

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, 1999 * Botanisches Museum, 2000 *

Bashamichi Station is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway. Lines Bashamichi Station is served by the 4.1 ...

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, 2004 * Shimane Arts Center,

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, 2005 * Bethlehem Library, Medellin,

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, 2008 *

Hyūgashi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hyūga, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and is on the Nippō Main Line. Hyūgashi Station is located at the heart of Hyuga, Miyazaki. The current statio ...

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, 2008 * Kōchi Station,

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, 2009 *

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Asahikawa, Hokkaido is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a core city since April 1, 2000. The city is currently well known for the Asahiyama ...

, 2011 File:TobaSeaFolkMuseum M002.jpg, Toba Sea-Folk Museum File:190429Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden05s5.jpg,

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Prefectural

File:Visitors' Center02.jpg, Visitors' Center of Koga Municipal Park, Koga, Ibaraki File:Forest Mashiko.jpg, Forest Mashiko, in

Mashiko, Tochigi 270px, Kiln in Mashiko is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,841 in 7914 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Mashiko is known for it ...

Japan File:Toraya gotemba.jpg, Toraya in

Gotemba, Shizuoka is a city on the southeastern flank of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,370 in 36,096 households, and a population density of 450 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography ...

, Japan File:Hyugashi Station west entrance.jpg, Hyugashi Station west entrance File:Toba Sea-Folk Museum02.jpg, Entrance of the

File:150922 Chihiro Art Museum Azumino Japan01s3.jpg, Chihiro Art Museum

File:Visitors' Center.JPG, Visitor's Center at Koga Municipal Park

References

Notes Further reading
Hiroshi Naito
*NAITO, Yoshida, Nobuyuki, Japan Architect #46: Hiroshi Naito, A Special edition devoted to the some 20 years of his career, Publisher: Japan Architect. Year: 2002, Tokyo, , Book Id: 50431

External links

Naito Architect & Associates
1950 births Living people Japanese architects Waseda University alumni Academic staff of the University of Tokyo People from Yokohama {{Japan-architect-stub