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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]

73 relations: Amsterdam, Anaheim University, Architecture, Astana, Astana International Airport, Avant-garde, Ayako Wakao, Ōita Bank Dome, Bachelor's degree, Beijing, Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Central Plaza 1, Brisbane, Dedalo Minosse Prize, Doctor of Philosophy, Earthquake, Expo '70, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui, Fukui, Fusionopolis, Ginza, Grand Cube Osaka, Heart failure, Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Honorary degree, Hotel Marinela Sofia, Illinois Center, Industrial design, Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, Japanese art, Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007, Japanese Red Cross Society, Kagoshima, Kanazawa, Kanie, Aichi, Kenzō Tange, Krestovsky Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station, Kuji, Iwate, Kyoto, Kyoto University, Los Angeles, Maggie's Centres, Master's degree, Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, Metabolism (architecture), Nagoya, ..., Nagoya City Art Museum, Nakagin Capsule Tower, National Bunraku Theatre, Netherlands, Osaka, Republic Plaza (Singapore), Saitama, Saitama, Singapore Flyer, Sofia, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi, Typhoon, Universiti Putra Malaysia, University of Tokyo, Van Gogh Museum, Volcanism, Wakayama Prefectural Museum, Wheelock Place, World War II, 2002 FIFA World Cup. Expand index (23 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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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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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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Avant-garde

The avant-garde (from French, "advance guard" or "vanguard", literally "fore-guard") are people or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.

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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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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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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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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP, Cal Poly Pomona, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo; however, locals in southern California may also use the term to refer to the Pomona campus. See the name section of this article for more information.) is a public polytechnic university located in Pomona, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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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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Dedalo Minosse Prize

The Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building is promoted by ALA-Assoarchitetti, Italian association for professional Architects.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Expo '70

was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan, between March 15 and September 13, 1970.

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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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Fukui, Fukui

is the capital city of 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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Ginza

is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.

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Grand Cube Osaka

, also known as, is a convention center in the city of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

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Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), often referred to as congestive heart failure (CHF), is when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

The is an art museum founded in 1989.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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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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Illinois Center

Illinois Center is a mixed-use urban development in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, lying east of Michigan Avenue.

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Industrial design

Industrial design is a process of design applied to products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.

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Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City

opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992.

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Japanese art

Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently manga—modern Japanese cartooning and comics—along with a myriad of other types.

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Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007

The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 29, 2007.

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Japanese Red Cross Society

The is the Japanese affiliate of the International Red Cross.

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Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin.

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Kanazawa

is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanie, Aichi

is a town located in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Kenzō Tange

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

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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

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur), or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city in the country.

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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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Kuji, Iwate

is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyoto University

, or is a national university in Kyoto, Japan.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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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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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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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

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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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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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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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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Saitama, Saitama

is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore.

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Sofia

Sofia (Со́фия, tr.) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

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The National Art Center, Tokyo

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

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government

The is the government of the Tokyo Metropolis, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.

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Toyota Stadium

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

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Toyota, Aichi

is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Universiti Putra Malaysia

University Putra Malaysia (UPM; formally known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or College of Agriculture Malaya or School of Agriculture) is recognised by the independent government assessments as one of Malaysia's leading research universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a focus on agricultural sciences and its related fields.

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University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, 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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Volcanism

Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent.

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Wakayama Prefectural Museum

is a museum in Wakayama, Japan.

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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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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA.

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References

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

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