Kisho Kurokawa

Kisho Kurokawa was recorded at birth as 黒川 紀章. He also worked under the name 黒川 紀章. The authorities additionally record the headings Kisho N. Kurokawa, Kishō Kurokawa, Noriaki Kisho Kurokawa and Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa. His recorded language was Japanese.

He was the child of Miki Kurokawa. He married Ayako Wakao.

Kisho Kurokawa studied at Kyoto University, University of Tokyo and Tōkai Junior and Senior High School. He trained under Kenzō Tange and Uzō Nishiyama.

His work is associated with Metabolism.

He belonged to Japan Art Academy, The Japanese Society of Landscape Designs and Architectural Institute of Japan.

Works recorded as notable number 8: Ōita Stadium, Toyota Stadium, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Roppongi Prince Hotel, Nagoya City Art Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and National Museum of Ethnology.

Kisho Kurokawa received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Person of Cultural Merit, honorary doctor of Sofia University, Japan Art Academy Prize, Order of the cavalier of Madara and Order of the Lion of Finland. Work by Kisho Kurokawa is held by Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art and Nieuwe Instituut.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa, Makers of 20th-Century Modern Architecture, 2013. Oita Stadium Oita City, Japan Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates, International Architecture Yearbook: No. 8, 2014. Rileggere due progetti di Kisho Kurokawa per la baia di Tokyo, TERRITORIO, 2015. Tokyo 2025, d'après Kisho Kurokawa., L’Espace géographique, 1992. Lao Tze and Confucius' philosophies influenced the designs of Kisho Kurokawa and Tadao Ando, City, Territory and Architecture, 2021. A study on public space design strategies in Japanese National Museums - focusing on The National Museum of Western Art and The National Art Center in Tokyo, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2019. Importance of New Use of Concrete in Iraq Analysis of Development And Use of Concrete in Architecture, Journal of Engineering, 2015. Noriaki (Kisho) Kurokawa, Docomomo Journal, 2022. The Triad of Hollowness - Space - Shadow in Contemporary Japanese Architecture, Ежегодник Япония, 2022. Agility, Adaptability + Appropriateness: Conceiving, Crafting & Constructing an Architecture of the 21st Century, Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2012. Lecciones del Metabolismo. Evolución del legado construido en base al cambio continuo, Zarch, 2023.

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (5540899-0) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500249876). Those registers additionally record the forms Kurokawa Exhibition (1998 : London), Kisho Kurokawa Retrospective (1998 : London) and Kurokawa Retrospective (1998 : London).

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Metabolism In Architecture by Kisho Kurokawa (1977) — Internet Archive. Intercultural Architecture: The Philosophy of Symbiosis (1991) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 27 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Kisho Kurokawa studied at Kyoto University, University of Tokyo and Tōkai Junior and Senior High School. training under Kenzō Tange and Uzō Nishiyama is recorded. the recorded working language is Japanese.

The authority associates the name with Metabolism.

Membership is recorded of Japan Art Academy, The Japanese Society of Landscape Designs and Architectural Institute of Japan.

Works named in the authority record are Ōita Stadium, Toyota Stadium, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Roppongi Prince Hotel and Nagoya City Art Museum.

Work by Kisho Kurokawa is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art and Nieuwe Instituut.

Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Person of Cultural Merit, honorary doctor of Sofia University and Japan Art Academy Prize.