Shozo Uchii

• Name — Shōzō Uchii • Born — 20 February 1933 • Birthplace — Kanda, Tokyo City, Japan • Died — 3 August 2002 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Education — Waseda University Kyoto University • Practice — Shōzō Uchii Architect and Associates • Significant Buildings — Setagaya Art Museum • Website — http: www.uchii.co.jp/html/home_info.html

Uchii was born in Tokyo on the 20 February 1933. After graduating with both an undergraduate and master's degree from Waseda University in 1958, he started his architectural career in the offices of influential Metabolist pioneer Kiyonori Kikutake. Uchii started his own independent architectural practice, Shōzō Uchii Architect and Associates, in 1967. Uchii earned a PhD degree in engineering from Kyoto University in 1992. From 1979 to 1981, Uchii served as President of the Japan Institute of Architects.

• Treasury building of the Kuon-ji Temple, Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture (1976) • Tokyo YMCA Nobeyama Youth Center, Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture (1976) • St. Hilda's School, Shinagawa, Tokyo, main classroom building and auditorium (1978) • Setagaya Art Museum, Setagaya, Tokyo (1986) • Urasoe Art Museum, Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture (1990) • Fukiage palace inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the Residence of the Imperial Family (1993) • Nippon Sei Ko Kai, Nazareth Convent and retreat center, Mitaka, Tokyo (1993) • Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts, Suwa, Nagano Prefecture (1995) • Kanazawa Karakuri Memorial Museum (1996) • The University of Shiga Prefecture, master plan and main campus structures (1997) • Motoazabu Hills, Forest Tower, Minato, Tokyo (2002)

• Illustration — Setagaya Art Museum • Illustration — Urasoe Art Museum • Illustration — The University of Shiga Prefecture • Illustration — Motoazabu Hills, Forest Tower