Yoshinobu Ashihara

Japanese architect (1918–2003)

Yoshinobu Ashihara (芦原 義信, Ashihara Yoshinobu, 7 July 1918 – 24 September 2003) was a Japanese architect noted for projects such as the Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium (1964) and the Sony Building (1966).

Education and career

Ashihara was educated at both the University of Tokyo and Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1953 with a master's degree in Architecture, Ashihara worked in the architectural practice of modernist Marcel Breuer. Founder of his own firm Yoshinobu Ashihara Architecture Associates in 1956.

In the later stages of his career, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. President of the Japan Institute of Architects from 1980 - 1982 and the Architectural Institute of Japan from 1985 - 1987.^[1]

He was the recipient of both the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of Culture.

Projects

Publications

Ashihara published a large number of architecture focused studies and texts, most prominent being The Aesthetic Townscape (Japanese first edition 1979 and English translation in 1983) and the Hidden Order: Tokyo through the Twentieth Century (Japanese first edition 1986, English translation in 1989).

See also

• List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Shōwa period: structures)

References

1. "Yoshinobu Ashihara - Biography". Yoshinobu Ashihara Digital Forum. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
2. "Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium and Control". Yoshinobu Ashihara Digital Forum. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
3. Watanabe Hiroshi (2001). The Architecture of Tōkyō. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3-930698-93-5.
4. "Sony Building - History". Sony. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
5. "Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Concert Hall". Nagata Acoustics. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
6. "Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall". Nagata Acoustics. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
7. 1990年代 (in Japanese). Yoshinobu Ashihara Digital Forum. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
8. "Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall". Nagata Acoustics. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

External links

• Yoshinobu Ashihara Digital Forum