MASAYUKI KUROKAWA

(ARCHITECT)

President of Masayuki Kurokawa Architect & Associates, Inc.

Professor at Nihon University Graduate School of Art

Personal History

1937 Born in Nagoya, Japan.
1961 Graduated from Department of Architecture at the Nagoya Institute of Technology.
1967 Completed Master and Doctor Courses at the Graduate School of Architecture at Waseda University.
1967 Established Masayuki Kurokawa Architect & Associates.

Major Works: Architectures

1977 Ginza Kunoya
1980 Hayashi Villa
1985 EXPO '85 exhibit design for Government Pavilion
1986 Ena Factory, Paloma Co., Ltd.
1987 Press House, World Co., Ltd.
1987 Osaka Tennoji Exposition, Facilities design
1988 Ohgane Golf Club, Clubhouse
1989 Paloma-Awaza Building
1990 Tamaki Factory 1st, Miwa Lock Co., Ltd.
1991 Kita Hotel
1993 Yuni Tobu Golf Club, Clubhouse
1993 Tenchi-an, Chashitsu (Japanese tea-ceremony house)
1995 Tamaki Factory 2nd, Miwa Lock Co., Ltd.
1995 Stage by Membrane, Chiba-Portpark
1995 Sodegaura Tower, Chiba-Minamisode
1995 Paloma Head Office, new building

Major Works: Product Design

1973- Desk Lamp COBRA, DOMANI, Floor Lamp FUMO, Pendant Light CIRCLET/ Yamagiwa
1973- GOM series / Fuso Gum Industry
1985 Slim-type gas cooking stove / Paloma
1886 KUROKAWA TUB, Bathtub with illumination "Theater of Narcissus" for Bathtec '86 in Milano. / Ideal Standard S.P.A.
1986 Knockdown furniture INGOT-BATTA
1987 Faucets K-series / TOTO
1987 Wrist watches RABAT and DELHI / Citizen
1987 Writing Bureau ”  / Wogg AG
1989 Door Knobs GIGA series / Miwa Lock
1989 Bronze Tablewares EN Series / Takenaka Works
1990 Desk Lamp BIO-LITE PRO / Yamagiwa and Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories
1990 Bookshelf LIBRO / TOSTEM
1991 Jewelry made of Platinum and Gum P + G / Urban Gold
1992 Door Knobs INTERFACE Series / Miwa Lock
1994 Semi-closed, Semi-contained Underwater Rebreathing Apparatus GRAND BLEU - FIENO / Grand Bleu

Major Prizes and Awards

1968 First Prize in the Competition of Tension Structure for a floating harbor.
(1st MEMBRANE DESGIN COMPETITION '68)
1970 First Prize in the International Design Competition for Mass-production House entry entitled TILTED BOX.
1976 Annual Prize of The Japan Interior Designers' Association for series of Interior Elements.
1979 GOM Series are included in the Permanent Design Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1986 Mainichi Design Award, 1985
1988 RABAT, DOMANI and INGOT-BATTA are included in the Permanent Design Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1994 Good Design Award MITI, GRAND BLUE, FIENO.

Major Publications

1980 Masayuki Kurokawa - Multifacetted Architect
/ The Japan Architect 280 published by Shinkenchiku-sha
1981 The Works of Masayuki Kurokawa
/ Space Design Published by Kajima Institute Publishing
1985 5 Sensors of an age / Published by Rikuyo-sha Publishing
1992 ARCHIGRAPH Masayuki Kurokawa Koichi Inakoshi / Published by TOTO Shuppan
1993 Masayuki Kurokawa PRODUCT DESIGN / Published by Rikuyo-sha Publishing

Major Exhibitions

1984 From Pushpin to Architecture Exhibition / Gallery 91, New York / LIMN, San Francisco
1986 KUROKAWA TUB, Bathtub with illumination " Theater of Narcissus" for Bathtec '86 in Milano.
1987 Masayuki Kurokawa's Faucets, Watches, Stationaries and Outdoor Lamps Exhibition / Gallery MA
1987 The Theory of Desymmetrical Objects = Object and Space of Masayuki Kurokawa Exhibition / The Yuraku-cho SEIBU
1992 Masayuki Kurokawa's New GOM Series Collection Exhibition / AXIS Gallery Annex
1994 Japanese Design, A Survey Since 1950 / PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
GOM Series, Desk Lamp Cobra Jr. and Slim-type gas cooking stove.
1995 Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design / THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
GOM series, Metal Wave Series and Grand Blue - Fieno.