Died 2007-10-12.
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Kisho Kurokawa
Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and a founder of the Metabolist Movement.
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business · Japanese Metabolist architect (1934–2007) · architect · thinker · businessperson · political activist · also Kisho Kurokawa, Kisho N. Kurokawa, Kishō Kurokawa, Noriaki Kisho Kurokawa, Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa, Kurokawa
Born 8 April 1934 · Died 12 October 2007 · Q358502
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2007· 5 entries
Earned Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2007).
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Awarded Senior Fourth Rank (2007).
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Ran for governor of Tokyo and then for a seat in the House of Councillors in the 2007 Japanese House of Councillors election
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Kurokawa created the structure of the Anaheim University Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute, which helps to develop environmentally-conscious business practices
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Person of Cultural Merit (2006).
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2003· 1 entry
Was awarded the Dedalo-Minosse International Prize (Grand Prix) for his creation of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia and KLIA is the first and only airport in the world to receive the United Nations'
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Japan Art Academy Prize for Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded AIJ Prize for Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Lion of Finland (1985).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Mainichi art award (1978).
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1972· 1 entry
Received a grant from the Graham Foundation to deliver a lecture at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
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1959· 1 entry
And was exposed to experimental urban design concepts that would later shape his work
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1958· 1 entry
Kisho Kurokawa predicted a “Transition from the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life,” and has continually utilized such key words of life principles as metabolism (metabolize and recycle), ecology, sustainability, symb
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-04-08.
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