IMAI Kenji

今井兼次 (1895 – 1987)

Japanese architect whose style can be categorized as expressionism. In addition to Gaudí’s style, he also made Rudolf Steiner’s architectural style known in Japan | 1895 born in Tôkyô | 1919 graduates in architecture from “Waseda University” | 1919-65 teaches architecture at Waseda-University | 1926-27 travels through Europe: studies architectural trends in the Soviet Union, Scandinavia, Italy and Spain; meets Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius; enthusiastic about the work of Antoni Gaudí | 1948 converts to Catholicism after the death of his wife | 1987 died