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