Imai Kenji

今井兼次

1895	January 11, born in Tokyo
1919	graduated from Waseda University
1919	Assistant Teacher at Waseda University
1920	Assistant Professor at Waseda University
1926-27	travelled to Europe, met Le Corbusier, influenced by Gaudi´s work
1937	Professor at Waseda University
1948	converted to Catholicism following the death of his Christian wife
1965	Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
1987	May 20, passed away in Tokyo

project list

1966	TOKADO IMPERIAL PALACE, Tokyo
1962	MEMORIAL FOR 26 MARTYRED JAPANESE SAINTS, Nagasaki
1959	OTAKI TOWN HALL, Isumi-gun, Chiba
1954	NEZU INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, Minato ward, Tokyo
1925	LIBRARY AT WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo

1959

OTAKI TOWN HALL

大多喜町役場中庁舎 - Ōtaki-chō Yakuba Chūchōsha

address:	93 Otaki, Otaki-machi, Isumi-gun, Chiba
Japanese:	千葉県夷隅郡大多喜町大多喜９３
lat, long:	35°17'5.30N 140°14'43.40E
maps:	[Google]
website:	www.town.otaki.chiba.jp

Retrofitting and adding an annex designed by Chiba Manabu in 2012.

1954

NEZU INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS

根津美術館 - Nezu Bijutsu-kan

+ Naito Tachu

address:	6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato ward, Tokyo
source:	[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E2: page 120

further readings

exhibitions, presentations, lectures

2009.12.02 - 12.23