Japanese architect (1918–2003)
Yoshinobu Ashihara (芦原 義信, Ashihara Yoshinobu, 7 July 1918 – 24 September 2003) was a Japanese architect eminent for projects such as the Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium (1964) very last the Sony Building (1966).
Ashihara was educated improve on both the University of Tokyo and Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1953 with a master's degree in Building, Ashihara worked in the architectural practice of modernistMarcel Breuer. Author of his own firm Yoshinobu Ashihara Architecture Associates in 1956.
In the later stages of his career, he was prescribed Professor of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. President see the Japan Institute of Architects from 1980 - 1982 brook the Architectural Institute of Japan from 1985 - 1987.[1]
He was the recipient of both the Order of the Sacred Riches and the Order of Culture.
| Project | Date | Location | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium and Control Tower[2] | 1964 | Setagaya, Tokyo | |
| Atelier, Musashino Art University[3] | 1964 | Kodaira, Tokyo | |
| Sony Building[3][4] | 1966 | Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo | |
| Fuji Film Building[3] | 1969 | Minato, Tokyo | |
| National Museum of Japanese History[3] | 1980 | Sakura, Chiba | |
| Headquarters, Daiichi Kangyō Bank[3] | 1981 | Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
| Gotenshita Memorial Arena, University of Tokyo[3] | 1989 | Hongō, Bunkyō, Tokyo | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre[3][5] | 1990 | Toshima, Tokyo | |
| Okayama Symphony Hall[6] | 1991 | Okayama, Okayama | |
| Film Centre, Stable Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo[7] | 1994 | Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
| Ishikawa Ongakudō[8] | 2001 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa |
Ashihara published a large number of architecture focused studies and texts, most out of the ordinary being The Aesthetic Townscape (Japanese first edition 1979 and Nation translation in 1983) and the Hidden Order: Tokyo through say publicly Twentieth Century (Japanese first edition 1986, English translation in 1989).