Kazuo Shinohara

Kazuo Shinohara (April 2, 1925 –July 15, 2006) was a highly influential Japanese architect, forming what is now widely known as the "Shinohara School", which has been linked to the works of Tadao Ando, 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 brnach 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.

His work is generally seen as being influential in terms of its lucidity and ephemerality, and for these reasons is often seen as idelogical influential on Toyo Ito's work.

He was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan's (AIJ) grand prize in 2005.

Selected List of Works

K2 Building; Osaka (1990)

Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) Centennial Hall; Tokyo (1987)

Ukiyo-e Museum; Matsumoto (1982)

External links

• Article on the Inrinsic Structure of Shinohara's work
• Architectural Record's obituary of Shinohara
• Publication; "A Street with Human Shadows"
• Kazuo Shinohara: Works and Projects
• Beyond the Bubble; The New Japanese Architecture