Arata Isozaki
- Year of birth, place
- 1931, Oita, Kyushu, Japan
- Year of death, place
- 2022
- Role at the ZKM
- in the collection
- Biography
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki was influenced early on by American high-rise construction and since 1954 has been responsible for the realization of numerous buildings: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the Tsukuba Civic Center in the Japanese "science city" Tsukuba City, a city hall in Kanioka and a commercial building in Chicago. He has also designed banks, libraries, monuments, hospitals, cultural centers, museums, town halls, schools, city halls, urban development projects, office, cultural, administrative and residential buildings, leisure and sports facilities, restaurants and hotels in Germany, Japan, Spain and the USA. Furthermore, he works as a film architect. Arata Isozaki is a jury member of international tenders and himself a recipient of international prizes, awards and honorary memberships. Since 1976, he has continued to distinguish himself through a series of exhibitions and publications.
1950 Studied architecture at the University of Tokyo 1954 1956 Degree as "Master of Arts" at the University of Tokyo 1961 Doctorate in Architecture at the University of Tokyo 1963 Founded an architectural firm in Tokyo, which Isozaki later renamed "Studio Arata Isozaki & Associates" and moved to Kyushu 1964 Acting as lecturer in architecture at the University of Tokyo Since 1964 Visiting professorships at various universities around the world: Californien, Hawai, Columbia, Harvard, Yale Works (Selection) 1960 Oita Medical Hall, Oita City [J] 1966 Oita Prefectural Library, Oita City [J] 1974 The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma [J] 1976 Kitakyushu City Museum of Art, Kitakyushu City [J] 1978 Kamioka Town Hall, Kamioka-machi [J] 1980 Fujimi Country Clubhouse, Oita City [J] 1984 Okanoyama Graphic Art Museum, Nishiwaki City [J] 1986 Tokyo University of Art and Design, Tokyo [J] 1986 Iwata House, Nippon [J] Foundation Daniel Templon Museum, Fréjus [F] 1987 Ochanomizu Square Building, Nippon [J] 1988 Hara Museum Arc, Shibukawa City [J] 1989 Kitakyusyu International Conference Center, Kitkyushu City [J] 1990 Olympia-Sporthalle (Palau Sant Jordi), Barcelona [E] Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Stuttgart [D] Art Tower Mito, Mito City [J] Erweiterung des Brooklyn-Museum, New York City [USA] 1991 Verwaltungsgebäude in Disney World, Orlando [USA] 1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagi [J] 1996 Haus des Menschen, La Coruna [E] Exhibitions (Selection) »Architecture of the Year 1996«, Met-Hall in the Metropollitan Plaza, Ikebukuro, Tokyo [J], 20. 11. - 03.12.1996 »The Mirage City - Another Utopia - Isozaki Arata«, ICC InterCommunicationCenter Tokyo [J], 19.04. - 13.07. 1997 »Iconoclash. Jenseits der Bilderkriege in Wissenschaft, Religion und Kunst«
ZKM Karlsruhe [D], 04.05.–01.09. 2002Works at ZKM »The Electric Labyrinth«, 1968/2002, Reconstruction of space by Arata Isozaki, XIV Triennale Milan, 1968, installation 1200 x 520 x 1500 cm, Courtesy Arata Isozaki and ZKM [2002]