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thumb|Arata Isozaki in 1996

Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; 23 July 1931 – 28 December 2022) was a Japanese architect, urban designer, and architectural theorist from Ōita. He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019. He taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University.

Biography

Isozaki was born in Oita on the island of Kyushu and grew up in the era of postwar Japan, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, completed in 1986, was his second international project and his best known work in the U.S.

Despite designing buildings both inside and outside Japan, Isozaki was sometimes described as an architect who refused to be stuck in one architectural style, highlighting "how each of his designs is a specific solution born out of the project's context." Isozaki won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019.

Awards

  • Annual Prize, Architectural Institute of Japan in 1967 and 1975
  • Mainichi Art Award in 1983
  • RIBA Gold Medal in 1986
  • Pritzker Prize in 2019
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), (1981–1986) Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Lake Sagami Country Clubhouse (1987–1989), with stained glass skylights and lantern by Brian Clarke, Yamanishi, Japan
  • Art Tower Mito, Mito, (1986–1990) Ibaraki, Japan opened 1999 for the second Theatre Olympics
  • COSI Columbus, (1994–1999) Columbus, Ohio, United States
  • Municipal Daycare and Hospital Complex (1997－1998) Tokyo, Japan
  • Shenzhen Cultural Center, (1998–2007) Shenzhen, China
  • Includes Shenzhen Library and Shenzhen Concert Hall
  • New entrance of the CaixaForum Barcelona building, (1999–2002) Barcelona, Spain
  • Isozaki Atea, (1999–2009) Bilbao, Spain
  • Torino Palasport Olimpico, (2000–2006) Turin, Italy
  • Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, (2003–2008) China
  • New Concert Hall Building, (2003–) Thessaloniki, Greece, 2010
  • Himalayas Center, (2003–) Shanghai, China
  • Pavilion of Japanese Army in World War II, Jianchuan Museum Cluster, (2004–2015) Chengdu, China
  • Diamond Island, (2006–) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (complete in 2012)
  • Coliseum da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 1991
  • Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, near Doha
  • Qatar National Convention Center, opened 2011
  • New Town Library (2012) in Maranello, Italy (Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei)
  • D38 Office (2012) in Barcelona, Spain
  • Allianz Tower (Il Dritto) (2015), in Milan, Italy (Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei)
  • Harbin Concert Hall (2015), in Harbin, China

Last projects

  • The University of Central Asia's three campuses in Tekeli, Kazakhstan; Naryn, the Kyrgyz Republic; and Khorog, Tajikistan
  • The New exit for the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy – competition winner (Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei)
  • The renovation of the Bologna Centrale railway station, Bologna, Italy – competition winner
  • Metropolis Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

References

  • Arata Isozaki & associates
  • Corkill, Edan. "Arata Isozaki: Astonishing by design". Japan Times, 1 June 2008.
  • Sarah F. Maclaren, "Arata Isozaki e la fine dell’utopia", in "Il senso della fine", Ágalma. Rivista di studi culturali e di estetica, 19, 2009: 61–75. ISSN 1723-0284.
  • CityLife Official website of the project
  • Liddell, Colin. "Arata Isozaki: Solaris". Metropolis, 23 January 2014.