Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect from Ōita. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1954. Isozaki worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own firm in 1963. He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1986.
In 2005, Arata Isozaki founded the Italian branch of his office: Arata Isozaki & Andrea Maffei Associates. Two major projects from this office are currently underway: CityLife office tower, a redevelopment project in the former trade fair area in Milan, and the new Town Library in Maranello, Italy.
Notable works
- COSI Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
- Ōita Prefectural Library, Ōita, Ōita, Japan
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California, United States
- Art Tower Mito, Japan, 1990
- Sports Hall for the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain
- Team Disney Orlando, Florida, United States
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, near Doha
- Torino Palasport Olimpico, Turin, Italy
- Centre of Japanese Art and Technology, Kraków, Poland
- Domus Casa Del Hombre, La Coruña, Spain, 1995
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, opened 2004
- Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
- Isozaki Atea, Bilbao, Spain
- Shenzhen Cultural Center, Shenzhen, China
- Diamond Island, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (complete in 2012)
- Metropolis Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (under construction)
- New Concert Hall Building, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2010.
- Himalayas Center,Shanghai,China
Current projects
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