Mamoru Yamada
Mamoru Yamada was a Japanese architect. He obtained an engineering degree from the Tokyo Imperial University school of architecture, and with other students formed the Japan Secession Group, the first promoters of modern architecture in Japan. Works included the 1926 Central Telegraph Office in Tokyo (destroyed).
Mamoru Yamada
Photographer unknown, photo taken in 1925 · Scaned from David B. Steward: "The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture", Kodansha, 2002 (1 ed 1987), p. 98. · Public domain
- Name
- Mamoru Yamada
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1966
- Birthplace
- Hashima, Gifu, Japan
- Occupation
- Architect
- Education
- Tokyo Imperial University
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Honours
- Medal with Blue Ribbon
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Mamoru Yamada was a Japanese architect. He obtained an engineering degree from the Tokyo Imperial University school of architecture, and with other students formed the Japan Secession Group, the first promoters of modern architecture in Japan. Works included the 1926 Central Telegraph Office in Tokyo (destroyed).
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Later work included a number of structures associated with the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, including the Nippon Budokan (1964), Kyoto Tower (1964), as well as the Yamatokoriyama City Hall (1962)
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• Name — Mamoru Yamada • Born — 1894 • Died — 1966 • Birthplace — Hashima, Gifu, Japan • Occupation — Architect • Education — Tokyo Imperial University • Significant Buildings — Tokyo Central Telegraph Office Tokai University Shonan Building Kyoto Tower Nippon Budokan
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