User:Jotinha/Kotaro Horiuchi

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Kotaro Horiuchi is an architect/urbanist of Japanese origin, born on the 31st August 1978, in Nagoya(Japan). He was recognized as one of the new generation's best hundred architects in 2010. He graduated from the Meiji University, Tokyo, in architecture, and worked for Mecanoo Architecten, in Delft, PPAG archtekten, in Vienna, during the period from 2003 to 2005, continuing his carrer at DPA - Dominique Perrault Architecture, from 2005 to 2009. He then founded his own architectural office, under the name of Kotaro Horiuchi Architecture, in Paris, Tokyo and Nagoya.

Biography[edit]

1978 born in Nagoya, Japan
2002 graduated architecture from Meiji University, Tokyo
2004 master in architecture and urbanism from Meiji University, Tokyo
2003 mecanoo architecten, delft
2004 ppag architekten, vienna
2005-09 dominique perrault architecture, Paris
2009 foundation of kotaro horiuchi architecture, Paris / Tokyo / Nagoya
2011 Silver Prize of JCD Design Award 2011
2012 Honorable Mentions in architecture concours in Japan

Main built projects[edit]

  • Salon Du Fromage Hisada (Paris, France) 2010
  • Membrane in Stratum (Nagoya, Japan) 2012

External links[edit]


Category:1978 births Category:People from Nagoya Category:Japanese architects Category:Urban designers