Architect

Kunio Maekawa

前川國男

1905-1986 · Japanese · 2 places

Kunio Maekawa worked in Le Corbusier's Paris atelier from 1928 to 1930 before returning to Japan as the primary conduit for Corbusian modernism in Japanese architecture. His Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (1961) in Ueno, a muscular concrete…

Themes in the work

Selections Kunio Maekawa recurs in

Post-war ambition
375 places
Museums and galleries
807 places
Theatres and concert halls
455 places

2 selected works

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1975 · Japan
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
1961 · Japan

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Kunio Maekawa

Themes in the work

Post-war ambition

Museums and galleries

Theatres and concert halls

2 selected works

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan