Kisho Kurokawa

Kisho Kurokawa

1934-04-08
73 (2007-10-12)
Kanie, Aichi, Japan

Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement.

Kanie, Aichi, Japan

Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement.

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Kochuu 2003 (6)

A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future, traditions, nature, concrete, gardens and high-tech, KOCHUU tells us how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. Interviews with, and works by, Japanese architects Tadad Ando, Kisho Kurokawa, Toyo Ito and Kazuo Shinohara and Scandinavian architects Sverre Fehn, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa.
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Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis 1993

A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and western modernism to achieve intercultural architecture.