Kunio Maekawa
Architect
Died when: 81 years 43 days (973 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Kunio Maekawa (?? ??, Maekawa Kunio, 14 May 1905 – 26 June 1986) was a Japanese architect and a key figure in Japanese postwar modernism.His distinctive architectural language deftly blended together elements of traditional Japanese design and modernist tenets from Europe, drawing from early career work experiences in the offices of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond.
He is especially known for the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.His home, which he designed and completed in 1942, has been preserved and permanently installed in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.
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