Mayekawa Kunio

前川國男

1905	May 14, born in Niigata, Japan
1928	graduated from the architecture department, The University of Tokyo
1928-30	one of three Japanese architects who worked under Le Corbusier in Paris (the other two are Sakakura Junzo and Yoshizaka Takamasa)
1930-35	worked at the design firm of Antonin Raymond
1935	established Mayekawa Kunio Associates, Architects & Engineers
1975	established Mayekawa Associates, Architects & Engineers
1986	June 26, passed away in Tokyo

succeeding office

MAYEKAWA ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS
8 Honshio-cho, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, 160-0003, Japan
T: 03-3351-7101 / F: 03-3351-3764

株式会社　前川建築設計事務所
〒160-0003東京都新宿区本塩町8番地

project list

1986	NEW ANNEX OF NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
1979	FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka
1978	Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Art, Kofu city, Yamanashi
1977	Museum for East Asian Art, Cologne, Germany
1975	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
1974	HEAD OFFICE BUILDING OF THE TOKYO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD., Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
1970	Tekkokan Steel Building, Osaka
1961	Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall, Tokyo National Diet Library, Tokyo
1960	Kyoto Hall, Kyoto
1958	HARUMI HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS, Chuo ward, Tokyo
1955	INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF JAPAN, Minato ward, Tokyo
1954	KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL CONCERT HALL AND LIBRARY, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
1942	MAEKAWA HOUSE, at Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
1941	IIBASHI HOUSE, Setagaya ward, Tokyo

1986

NEW ANNEX OF NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY

国立国会図書館新館 - Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Shinkan

address:	1-10-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
maps:	[Yahoo]
total floor area:	71,698 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 55 [Shinkenchiku] 1986/11 pages 195-206 [Kenchiku Bunka] 1986/11 pages 21-42

1979.09

FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM

address:	Oohori-koen, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka
Japanese:	福岡県福岡市中央区大濠公園
total floor area:	26,053 m²
sources:	[Shinkenchiku] 1980/1 pages 70-76

1974

HEAD OFFICE BUILDING OF THE TOKYO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

address:	1-2-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
maps:	[Yahoo]
total floor area:	63,120 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 116

1958

HARUMI HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS

晴海高層アパート - Harumi kōsō apāto

1955

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF JAPAN

address:	5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato ward, Tokyo
sources:	[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E5: page 121

1954

KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL CONCERT HALL AND LIBRARY

神奈川県立音楽堂、図書館 - Kanagawa-kenritsu Ongakudō, Toshokan

address:	9-2 Momijigaoka, Nishi ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
sources:	[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E3: page 120

1942

MAEKAWA HOUSE

address (rebuilt):	at Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum
original location:	Kamiosaki, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo
sources:	[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] D108: page 115

1941

IIBASHI HOUSE

address:

Setagaya ward, Tokyo