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Kunio Maekawa
Kunio Maekawa was a Japanese architect and a key figure of modernism in post-war Japan. After early stints in the studios of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond, Maekawa began to articulate his architectural language after establishing his firm in 1935, maintaining a continuous tension between Japanese traditional design…
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16
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About
Biography
Kunio Maekawa was a Japanese architect and a key figure of modernism in post-war Japan. After early stints in the studios of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond, Maekawa began to articulate his architectural language after establishing his firm in 1935, maintaining a continuous tension between Japanese traditional design…
Life: 1905-1986
Nationality: Japanese
Base: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Corpus work span: 1913 to 1982
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16 works across 6 linked cities and 2 linked countries.
Leading typologies: museum · landscape · performance venue
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Selected works
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Work
Museum of East Asian Art (Cologne)
1913 · Neustadt-Süd, Neustadt-Süd, Germany
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Saitama Museum of Natural History
1921 · Nagatoro, Nagatoro, Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1926 · Ueno-kōen, Ueno-kōen, Japan
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1952 · Kitanomaru Park, Kitanomaru Park, Japan
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International House of Japan
1955 · Roppongi, Roppongi, Japan
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National Museum of Western Art
1959 · Ueno-kōen, Ueno-kōen, Japan
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Hayashibara Museum of Art
1961 · Marunouchi, Marunouchi, Japan
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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
1961 · Ueno-kōen, Ueno-kōen, Japan
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Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore
1971 · Takahanachō, Takahanachō, Japan
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Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
1976 · Chūō-ku, Chūō-ku, Japan
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Hirosaki City Museum
1977 · Shimoshirogane-chō, Shimoshirogane-chō, Japan
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Fukuoka Art Museum
1979 · Ōhori Park, Ōhori Park, Japan
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The Miyagi Museum of Art
1981 · Aoba-ku, Aoba-ku, Japan
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Kumamoto Prefectural Theater
1982 · Chūō-ku, Chūō-ku, Japan
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Rohm Theatre Kyoto
Unknown · Sakyō-ku, Sakyō-ku, Japan
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Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum
Unknown · Kofu, Kofu, Japan