Kisho Kurokawa

Kisho Kurokawa

Birth : 1934-04-08, Kanie, Aichi, Japan

Death : 2007-10-12

History

Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement.

Profile

Kisho Kurokawa

Movies

Kochuu
Himself
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future, traditions, nature, concrete, gardens and high-tech, KOCHUU tells us how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. Interviews with, and works by, Japanese architects Tadad Ando, Kisho Kurokawa, Toyo Ito and Kazuo Shinohara and Scandinavian architects Sverre Fehn, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa.
Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis
Himself
A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and western modernism to achieve intercultural architecture