Ashihara Yoshinobu
芦原 義信
1918 | July 7, born in Tokyo |
1942 | graduated from the University of Tokyo |
1946-47 | worked for Sakakura Junzo |
1953 | Master's from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
1953-56 | worked for Marcel Breuer in New York |
1956 | established Yoshinobu Ashihara Architect & Associates |
2003 | September 24, passed away aged 85 |
project list
1990 | TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART SPACE, Toshima ward, Tokyo |
1989 | GOTENSHITA MEMORIAL ARENA, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo |
1988 | YOKOHAMA WOMEN'S FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING, Yokohama city, Kanagawa |
1986 | YOKOHAMA CIVIC HALL (KAN-NAI HALL), Yokohama city, Kanagawa |
1980 | THE DAIICHI KANGYO BANK HEAD OFFICE, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo |
1967 | MUSEUM & LIBRARY, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY, Kodaira city, Tokyo |
1966 | SONY BUILDING, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
1964 | BUILDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY, Kodaira city, Tokyo |
1990.08
TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART SPACE
東京芸術劇場 - Tōkyō Geijutsu Gekijō
address: | 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都豊島区西池袋1-8-1 |
maps: | [Google] [Yahoo] |
total floor area: | 49,739 m² |
sources: |
[The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 134 [Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 236-237 |
1989.02
GOTENSHITA MEMORIAL ARENA, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
東京大学御殿下記念館 - Tōkyō Daigaku Gotenshita Kinen-kan
address: | 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都文京区本郷7-3-1 |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 6,915 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 105 |
1988
YOKOHAMA WOMEN'S FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING
横浜女性フォーラム - Yokohama Josei Fōramu
address: | 435-1 Kamikuratacho, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa |
Japanese: | 神奈川県横浜市戸塚区紙倉田町435-1 |
total floor area: | 6,000 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Yokohama & Kamakura] page 99 |
1986
YOKOHAMA CIVIC HALL (KAN-NAI HALL)
横浜市民文化会館(関内ホール) - Yokohama Shimin Bunka Kaikan (Kan'nai Hōru)
address: | 4-24-1 Sumiyoshicho, Naka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa |
Japanese: | 神奈川県横浜市中区住吉町4-42-1 |
total floor area: | 10,100 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Yokohama & Kamakura] page 25 |
1980.09
THE DAIICHI KANGYO BANK HEAD OFFICE
address: | 1-1-5 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都千代田区内幸町1-1-5 |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 134,922 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 110 |
1967.01
MUSEUM & LIBRARY, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY
武蔵野美術大学美術資料図書館 - Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku Bijutsu Shiryō Tosho-kan
address: | 1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira city, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都小平市小川町1-736 |
lat, long: | 35°43'34.50N 139°26'49.40E |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 3,459 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 206 |
1966.04
SONY BUILDING
address: | 5-3-1 Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都中央区銀座5-3-1 |
maps: | [Google] [Yahoo] |
total floor area: | 8,811 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 111 |
1964.08
BUILDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY
武蔵野美術大学4号館 - Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku 4-gōkan
address: | 1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira city, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都小平市小川町1-736 |
lat, long: | 35°43'32.80N 139°26'51.20E |
maps: | [Google] |
total floor area: | 3,942 m² |
sources: | [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 206 |
publications by Ashihara Yoshinobu
Hidden Order, Tokyo Through the Twentieth Century
Y. Ashihara, E. T. Hall, L. E. Riggs
Kodansha International; 1992
The Hidden Order, Tokyo Through the Twentieth Century
Y. Ashihara
Kodansha International; 1989
Exterior Design in Architecture
Y. Ashihara
Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1970
The Aesthetic Townscape
Y. Ashihara, L. E. Riggs
MIT Press; 1983
books
further readings
www.ashihara.jp/html/intr0201e.htm
www.answers.com/topic/yoshinobu-ashihara-1
http://eng.archinform.net/arch/6822.htm
www.japan-photo.de/e-mo-j02.htm