SHOEI YOH

Architect Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The Graduate School of Keio University


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

1940 Born in Kumamoto-city, Japan
1962 B.A. in Economics at Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo
1962 Foreign student grant in aid, majored in Fine and Applied Arts at Witternberg University, Springfield, Ohio
1970 Established SHOEI YOH + ARCHITECTS, Fukuoka
1992 - Lecturer at Architecture Department of Kyushu University
1992 Visiting Professor of Architecture, The Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York
1996 - Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The Graduate School of Keo University

EXHIBITIONS

1978 GLASS CHAIR WXYZ (TOKYO DESIGNERS SPACE)
(permanent collection of National International Museum in Osaka)
1980 TRANSFORMATION from space to space (JAPAN DESIGN COMMITTEE)
1982 LIGHT ARCHITECTURE (TOKYO DESIGNERS SPACE)
1985 FORMS IN WOOD (JAPAN DESIGN COMMITTEE)
1987 INTERFACE DESIGN (GALLERY MA)
1991 AQUARCHITECTURE (JAPAN DESIGN COMMITTEE)
1995 6 Cubes in Light
(permanent collection of Nouveau Musee, L'Oreleau, France)

AWARDS

1979 JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR 1979
1983 MAINICHI DESIGN AWARD FOR 1983
1983 JAPAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARD FOR 1983
1989 ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN AWARD FOR 1989
1993 IAKS AWARD FOR 1993 GOLD MEDAL (KOLN, GERMANY)
1994 BENEDICTUS AWARD FINALIST (WASHINGTON, U.S.A.)

MAJOR WORKS

1977 INGOT, COFFEE SHOP
1979 KINOSHITA CLINIC
1981 STAINLESS STEEL HOUSE WITH LIGHT LATTICE
1982 EGAMI CLINIC
1983 GLASS HOUSE WITH BREATHING GRATING
1987 ASPECTA, OUT DOOR THEATER IN VOLCANO ASO
1988 OGUNI DOME, WOODEN STRUCTURE GYMNASIUM
1989 SAIBU GAS MUSEUM FOR NATURAL PHENOMENART
1990 PYRAMID OF SEA, FERRY TERMINAL
1990 WAKITA HITECS, OFFICE
1990 MATSUSHITA CLINIC
1991 ANOTHER GLASS HOUSE BETWEEN SEA AND SKY
1991 KARATSU GOLF CLUB
1991 ARASHIYAMA GOLF CLUB
1992 PROSPECTA '92 TOYAMA, OBSERVATORY TOWER
1992 GALAXY TOYAMA 1992, GYMNASIUM
1993 GLASS STATION
1994 KANADA CHILDREN TRAINING HOUSE
1994 NAIJU COMMUNITY CENTER & NURSERY SCHOOL
1994 6 CUBES IN LIGHT
1995 OGUNI RINPOKAN COMMUNITY CENTER
1995 UCHINO COMMUNITY CENTER FOR SENIORS & CHILDREN
1996 SUNDIAL HOUSE II

PROJECTS

1991 ODAWARA MUNICIPAL SPORTS COMPLEX PROPOSAL
1992 YOKOHAMA URBAN RING EXHIBITION PROPOSAL
YOKOHAMA DAIKOKU PIER, AERIAL CITY, 2050