Kazuo Shinohara

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Japanese architect

A.K.A.

Shinohara Kazuo Kazuo Shinihara

Places

Japan

was

Architect Educator

Work field

Academia Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

2 April 1925 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Shizuoka

Death

15 July 2006 People who died on this day

Place of death

Kawasaki

Age

81 years

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Biography

Kazuo Shinohara (篠原一男, Shinohara Kazuo, April 2, 1925 – July 15, 2006) was an influential Japanese architect, forming what is now widely known as the "Shinohara School", which has been linked to the works of Toyo Ito, Kazunari Sakamoto and Itsuko Hasegawa. As architectural critic Thomas Daniell put it, "A key figure who explicitly rejected Western influences yet appears on almost every branch of the family tree of contemporary Japanese architecture... is Kazuo Shinohara... His effects on the discipline as a theorist, designer and teacher have been immense." He studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology, (TIT) finishing in 1953, and going on to become professor in 1970. He established his own practice in 1954, going on to design more than 30 residential buildings, as well as many key public buildings across Japan.
His work is generally classified as having strong qualities of lucidity and ephemerality, and for these reasons is often seen as ideologically influential on Toyo Ito's work.
He was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan's (AIJ) grand prize in 2005. In 2010 the Biennale di Venezia awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion in memory of Kazuo Shinohara.