Von Jour Caux
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Von Jour Caux (梵寿綱, Bon Jukō) is the pseudonym of Toshiro Tanaka (田中 俊郎, Tanaka Toshirō) (born 27 January 1934), a Japanese architect, artist, and thinker. He has been referred to as the Japanese Gaudi.[1]
Von was born in Asakusa, Tokyo. He studied architecture at the Waseda University[1] and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[2]
In 1958 Von commenced work as an orthodox architect, but in 1971 abandoned conventional architectural practice, and in 1974 formed a troupe of artists and craftsmen called Art Complex.[1] Their practice is the revival of "arts and crafts" in architectural space, such as the use of ornaments, symbolic icons and style, as the "Art Complex Movement".[citation needed]
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References
- ^ a b c Watanabe, Hiroshi (2001). The architecture of Tōkyō : an architectural history in 571 individual presentations. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 978-3-930698-93-6. OCLC 606318806. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "梵寿綱 Von Jour Caux". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus [Great biographical dictionary of Japan (Digital enlarged edition)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. on the database of kotobank.jp.