Hiroshi Hara (architect)
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Hiroshi Hara (原 広司 Hara Hiroshi, born September 9, 1936)[1] is a Japanese architect and author on architecture. His major works, including Kyōto Station, the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, the Yamato International building in Tokyo, the Sapporo Dome in Hokkaidō, and other important structures in Japan, have earned many awards. With a doctorate in engineering, he was a professor at the University of Tokyo until 1997, and has held an emeritus position since that time.
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[edit] Education
Hiroshi Hara graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BA in 1959, and subsequently earned an MA in 1961 and a PhD in 1964, also from the University of Tokyo. He became an associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Tokyo in 1964 and an associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo in 1969. He attended Harvard University's Summer Seminar in 1968. In 1982, Hara became Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, and in 1997, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
[edit] Publications
Hiroshi Hara is not only known as an architect but also as an author of theoretical essays on architecture and cities, amongst others the essay "Discrete City".[2]
- "Yet: Hiroshi Hara" Toto, 2009 9784887063075
[edit] Completed
- Yamato International, Ōta, Tokyo, 1987
- Kenju Park 'Forest House', Nakaniida, Miyagi Prefecture, 1987
- Lida City Museum, Lida, Nagano Prefecture, 1988
- Umeda Sky Building, Kita-ku, Osaka, 1993
- Miyagi Prefectural Library, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, 1997
- Kyoto Station Complex, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 1997
- Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, 2001
- University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus II, Tokyo, 2002
- Aizu Gakuho Junior and Senior High School, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, 2007
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Profile of Hiroshi Hara, Commissioner". New Trends of Architecture. http://www.architecture-trend-press.net/Exhibition/Organization.html.
- ^ Discrete City: Hiroshi Hara
[edit] References
- Discrete City: Hiroshi Hara, Architects - HARA
- Hiroshi Hara, The Floating World of Architecture, H. Hara, B. Bognar, John Wiley & Sons; 2001
[edit] External links
Media related to Hiroshi Hara at Wikimedia Commons
