The Arata Isozaki name for you architect, is very familiar, he is one of the famous architect in the world. Arata Isozaki (Isozaki Arata; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect from O-ita, O-ita. He won the RIBA gold medal in 1986. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1954. Isozaki worked under Kenzo Tange until establishing his own firm in 1963.
His work in the late 1960s was influenced by the Metabolism school, but mannerism is discernable in the exaggerated expression of the structural members. The joint Core System that he developed in 1960 was essential to the Metabolism movement and was influential to Tange, his former teacher.
His later works are Mannered and self-conscious, borrowing from a spectrum of architectural influences. He appropriates design ideas from such diverse sources as the Vienna Secession, Marcel Cuchamp and Archigram.
Considered Tange's successor as the leading creative figure in Japanese architecture, Isozaki is equally important as a writer and theorist. He consistently acts as the leading interpreter of outside trends and movements for other Japanese designers.
Some Arata Isozaki famous works :
- COSI Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- O-ita Prefectural Library, O-ita, O-ita, Japan
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California, United States
- Art Tower Mito, 1990
- Sports Hall for the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain
- Team Disney Orlando, Florida, United States
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, near Doha
- Torino Palasport Olimpico, Turin, Italy
- Centre of Japanese Art and Technology, Cracow, Poland
- Domus Casa Del Hombre 1995, La Coruña, Spain
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, opened 2004
- Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Isozaki Atea, Bilbao, Spain
- Shenzhen Cultural Center, Shenzhen, China
Current projects include :
- The University of Central Asia's three campuses in Tekeli, Kazakhstan; Naryn, the Kyrgyz Republic; and Khorog, Tajikistan
- The new Library of Maranello (Italy), competition winner
- The renovation of the railway station in Bologna (Italy), competition winner
Arata Isozaki External links :
- Arata Isozaki & associates
- Arata Isozaki & associates España
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