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
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/fun_spots/AJ201303110070
www.answers.com/topic/kenji-imai-1
www.archi-channel.com/impressionreview/the-world-of-kenji-imai/
exhibitions, presentations, lectures
2009.12.02 - 12.23