Kurokawa Kisho

Kurokawa Kisho (in Japanese, family name first: 黒川 紀章 Kurokawa, Kishō) (b. April 8, 1934) is a famous Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolism Movement.

Works

(sorted by the year of completion)

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Works during the 1970s

• Nakagin Capsule Tower (Ginza, Tokyo, 1970-1972)
• Sony Tower (Osaka, 1972-1976)
• Tateshina Planetarium (Hiroshima, 1976)
• Headquarters of the Japanese Red Cross Society (Tokyo, 1975-1977)
• National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, 1973-1977)

Works during the 1980s

• Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Saitama, 1978-1982)
• National Bunraku Theater (Osaka, 1979-1983)
• Wacoal Kojimachi Building (Tokyo, 1982-1984)
• Chokaso (Tokyo, 1985-1987)
• Nagoya City Art Museum (Nagoya, 1983-1987)
• Japanese-German Center of Berlin (Berlin, 1985-1988)
• Osaka Prefectural Government Offices (Osaka, 1988)
• Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima, 1988-1989)

Works during the 1990s

• Chinese-Japanese Youth Center (Beijing, 1987-1990)
• Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters (Okinawa, 1988-1990)
• The Sporting Club at Illinois Center (Chicago, 1987-1990)
• Melbourne Central (Melbourne, Australia, 1986-1991)
• Miki House New Office Building (Osaka, 1985-1991)
• Nara City Museum of Photography (Nara, 1989-1991)
• Louvain-La-Neuve Museum (Belgium, 1990-1992)
• Pacific Tower (Paris, France, 1988-1992)
• Lane Crawford Place (Singapore, 1990-1993)
• Senkantei (Hyogo, 1992-1993)
• Ehime Museum of Science (Ehime, 1991-1994)
• Ishibashi Junior High School (Tochigi, 1992-1994)
• The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama/Wakayama Prefectural Museum (Wakayama, 1990-1994)
• Hotel Kyocera (Kagoshima, 1991-1995)
• Kibi-cho City Hall/Kibi Dome (Wakayama, 1993-1995)
• Republic Plaza (Singapore, 1986-1995)
• Fukui City Museum of Art (Fukui, 1993-1996)
• Softopia Japan (Gifu, 1990-1996)
• Fujinomiya Golf Club (Shizuoka, 1994-1997)
• Kashima-machi City Hall (Kumamoto, 1995-1997)
• Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum (Yamanouchi, 1994-1997)
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1992-1998)
• New Wing of the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990-1998)
• Amber Hall (Kuji, 1996-1999)
• O_Residence (Tokyo, 1997-1999)

Works from 2000 onward

• Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (Katsuyama, 1996-2000)
• Osaka International Convention Center (Osaka, 1994-2000)
• Oita Stadium (Oita, 1996-2001, used for the Football World Cup 2002)
• Toyota City Stadium (Toyota City, 1997-2001)
• Astana International Airport (Astana, Kazakhstan 2000-2003)
• National Gallery in Tokyo (Roppongi, Tokyo, 2000-2005)
• Singapore Flyer (Singapore, 2005-2008)
• Design and Master Plan of Kazakhstan's New Capital (Astana, Kazakhstan, delayed due to budget problems)