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Kisho Kurokawa

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(April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. [1]

72 relations: Amsterdam, Anaheim University, April 8, Architecture of Chicago, Arup Group, Astana, Astana International Airport, Ayako Wakao, Ōita Bank Dome, Barton Myers, Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, Capsule hotel, Central Plaza 1, Brisbane, Central Plaza Complex, Deaths in October 2007, Friendship Award (China), Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fusionopolis, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hotel Marinela Sofia, Hotel Sofitel Tokyo, Index of Japan-related articles (K), Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, Japanese architecture, Kenzō Tange, Kibi, Wakayama, Kirov Stadium, Kishō, Kiyonori Kikutake, Krestovsky Stadium, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station, Kurokawa (surname), List of architects, List of Japanese architects, List of Japanese inventions and discoveries, List of largest domes, List of members of Nippon Kaigi, List of University of Tokyo people, Maggie's Centres, Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, Metabolism (architecture), Nagoya City Art Museum, Nakagin Capsule Tower, National Bunraku Theatre, Nîmes, Nurzhol Boulevard, October 12, Okhta Center, Okinawa Prefecture Government Building, ..., Operations and Infrastructure of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Paolo Riani, Republic Plaza (Singapore), Singapore Flyer, Singleton Hospital, Sky City 1000, Structuralism (architecture), The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2007, Toyota Stadium, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh, Vladislav Kirpichev, Wheelock Place, Xanadu Houses, Zhengdong New Area, Zhongyuan Tower, 1934 in architecture, 2007, 2007 in architecture, 2007 in Japan, 2011 in architecture. Expand index (22 more) »

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Anaheim University

Anaheim University is a nationally accredited for-profit university based in Anaheim, California.

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April 8

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Architecture of Chicago

The buildings and architecture of Chicago have influenced and reflected the history of American architecture.

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Arup Group

Arup (officially Arup Group Limited) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment.

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Astana

Astana (Астана, Astana) is the capital city of Kazakhstan.

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Astana International Airport

Astana International Airport; is an international airport in Kazakhstan located southeast of the capital city of Astana.

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Ayako Wakao

is a Japanese actress.

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Ōita Bank Dome

is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Ōita in Ōita Prefecture on Kyushu Island in Japan.

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Barton Myers

Barton Myers (born November 6, 1934) is an American and Canadian architect and president of Barton Myers Associates Inc.

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Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design

The Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design (CENV) is a college part of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).

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Capsule hotel

A, also known as a pod hotel, is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features a large number of extremely small "rooms" (capsules) intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require or who cannot afford the services offered by more conventional hotels.

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Central Plaza 1, Brisbane

Central Plaza One a skyscraper in the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and was designed by renowned Japanese architect Kurokawa Kisho.

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Central Plaza Complex

The Central Plaza Complex consists of three commercial office buildings located in the Central Business District of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Deaths in October 2007

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2007.

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Friendship Award (China)

The Friendship Award is the People's Republic of China's highest award for "foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress".

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

The is a dinosaur museum located in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Fusionopolis

Fusionopolis (Chinese: 启汇城) is a research and development complex located at the one-north business park in Singapore.

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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

The is an art museum founded in 1989.

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Hotel Marinela Sofia

Hotel Marinela Sofia is a 5-star hotel located in Lozenets, near downtown Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Hotel Sofitel Tokyo

Hotel Sofitel Tokyo (ホテルソフィテル東京) was a hotel high-rise building (106.07 m, 3 underground storeys) in Tokyo Taito (1-48, 2 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan).

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Index of Japan-related articles (K)

This page lists Japan-related articles with romanized titles beginning with the letter K. For names of people, please list by surname (i.e., "Tarō Yamada" should be listed under "Y", not "T").

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Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City

opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992.

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Japanese architecture

has traditionally been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs.

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Kenzō Tange

was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture.

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Kibi, Wakayama

was a town located on the middle courses of Arida River (有田川) in Arida District, of northwestern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Kirov Stadium

The SM Kirov Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, and was one of the largest stadiums anywhere in the world.

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Kishō

Kishō, Kisho or Kishou (written: 紀章 or 貴章) is a masculine Japanese given name.

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Kiyonori Kikutake

(April 1, 1928 – December 26, 2011) was a prominent Japanese architect known as one of the founders of the Japanese Metabolist group.

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Krestovsky Stadium

Krestovsky Stadium (стадион «Крестовский»), officially Saint Petersburg Stadium, also called Zenit Arena, is a retractable roof stadium in the western portion of Krestovsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which serves as home for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

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Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (Malay: Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur) is Malaysia's main international airport and one of the major airports in Southeast Asia and worldwide.

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Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station

Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) or Sentral Kuala Lumpur is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

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Kurokawa (surname)

Kurokawa (written: 黒川 or 黒河 lit. "black river") is a Japanese surname.

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List of architects

The following is a list of notable architects well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia.

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List of Japanese architects

The following is a chronological list of notable Japanese architects.

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List of Japanese inventions and discoveries

This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.

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List of largest domes

A dome is a self-supporting structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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List of members of Nippon Kaigi

Among the members, former members, and members of affiliated organizations of the Japanese nationalist and historical revisionist movement Nippon Kaigi ("Japan Conference") are lawmakers, cabinets ministers and a few prime ministers.

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List of University of Tokyo people

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Maggie's Centres

Maggie's Centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer.

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Melbourne Central Shopping Centre

Melbourne Central is a large shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Metabolism (architecture)

was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.

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Nagoya City Art Museum

The is located in the city of Nagoya in central Japan.

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Nakagin Capsule Tower

The is a mixed-use residential and office tower designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and located in Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan.

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National Bunraku Theatre

The is a complex consisting of two halls and an exhibition room, located in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is a city in the Occitanie region of southern France.

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Nurzhol Boulevard

Nurzhol Boulevard (Kazakh: бульвар «Нұржол» Bulvar Nurzhol, formerly known as «сулы-нулы бульвар» Green Water Boulevard) is the national boulevard of Kazakhstan, a pedestrian area in the new business and administrative centre on the left bank of Ishim river, in the capital, Astana.

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October 12

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Okhta Center

Okhta Center or phonetically Oḱhta-Tseńtr (Russian: О́хта-це́нтр), known before March 2007 as Gazprom City (Russian:Газпро́м-си́ти), is a failed construction project of a business centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Okinawa Prefecture Government Building

The is one of the tallest buildings in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan, and is the center for Japanese governmental functions stretching across Okinawa Prefecture.

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Operations and Infrastructure of Kuala Lumpur International Airport

The operations and infrastructure of Kuala Lumpur International Airport reflect its design.

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Paolo Riani

Paolo Riani (born 8 September 1937) is an Italian architect and urban planner of award-winning projects worldwide spanning a professional career of over 40 years.

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Republic Plaza (Singapore)

Republic Plaza is one of the three tallest skyscrapers in Singapore, located at the Southern end of Raffles Place in the Downtown Core, the central business district of Singapore.

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Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore.

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Singleton Hospital

Singleton Hospital (Ysbyty Singleton) is a 550-bed hospital located in Sketty Lane, Swansea, Wales, operated by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.

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Sky City 1000

Sky City 1000 is a hypothetical architectural project envisioned to be built in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Structuralism (architecture)

Structuralism is a movement in architecture and urban planning evolved around the middle of the 20th century.

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The National Art Center, Tokyo

(NACT) is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2007

Tokyo held a gubernatorial election on April 8, 2007 as part of the 16th unified local elections.

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Toyota Stadium

is a 45,000 seat retractable roof stadium in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Van Gogh Museum

The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

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Vladislav Kirpichev

Vladislav Ivanovich Kirpichev (Владислав Иванович Кирпичёв; born 4 September 1948) is an architect, a co-founder of EDAS - Experimental Children Architectural Studio, laureate of the UNESCO prize, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, Professor of architecture.

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Wheelock Place

Wheelock Place, (Tamil வீல்லாக் ப்லேஸ்) is a 21-floor office tower and shopping mall on Singapore's Orchard Road.

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Xanadu Houses

The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States.

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Zhengdong New Area

Zhengdong New Area is a district of Zhengzhou, Henan province, People's Republic of China.

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Zhongyuan Tower

Zhongyuan Tower is a tall steel tower in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China.

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1934 in architecture

The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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2007

2007 was designated as.

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2007 in architecture

The year 2007 in architecture involved some significant events.

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2007 in Japan

Events in the year 2007 in Japan.

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2011 in architecture

The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Kisho Kurakawa, Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associate, Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associate, Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates, Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa, Kishō Kurokawa, Kurokawa Kisho, Kurokawa Kishō, Noriaki Kurokawa, 黒川紀章.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisho_Kurokawa

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