Kisho Kurokawa

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Japanese architect architect human theorist of architecture urban planner

Kisho Kurokawa was a prominent Japanese architect and co-founder of the Metabolist movement, known for his innovative, futuristic designs and influential theoretical contributions to postwar architecture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese architect → architect → human → theorist of architecture → urban planner →
awardReceived	Japan Academy of Architecture Prize → Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) → UIA Auguste Perret Prize →
birthDate	1934-04-08 →
birthPlace	Aichi Prefecture NERFINISHED → Japan → Nagoya →
coFounded	Metabolist movement →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	2007-10-12 →
designed	Kuala Lumpur International Airport main terminal building → Melbourne Central (original complex) → Nagoya City Art Museum → Nakagin Capsule Tower → National Art Center, Tokyo → Republic Plaza, Singapore → Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art →
educatedAt	Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tokyo → Kyoto University → University of Tokyo →
fieldOfWork	architectural theory → architecture → urban design →
founded	Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates →
gender	male →
influenced	high-tech architecture → postwar Japanese architecture → sustainable architecture discourse →
knownFor	Metabolist architecture → capsule architecture → concept of metabolism in urbanism → futuristic design → theory of symbiosis in architecture →
language	Japanese →
memberOf	Metabolist group →
movement	Metabolism (architecture) →
name	Kisho Kurokawa →
nativeName	黒川紀章 →
notableWork	Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (competition proposal / influence) → Kansai International Airport Terminal 1 (master plan / design involvement) → Kuala Lumpur International Airport main terminal building → Melbourne Central (original design of the complex) → Nagoya City Art Museum → Nakagin Capsule Tower → National Art Center, Tokyo → Pacific Tower, Paris (La Défense) → Republic Plaza, Singapore → Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art →
politicalActivity	ran for Governor of Tokyo in 2007 → ran for House of Councillors in Japan →
spouse	Ayako Wakao →
workedAt	Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates →
wrote	books on symbiosis and architecture → “From Metabolism to Symbiosis” → “Metabolism in Architecture” →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Van Gogh Museum →	architect
Kuala Lumpur International Airport →	designedBy
Kenzo Tange →	influenced
Metabolism →	keyMember
Kisho Kurokawa →	name