ISHII Kazuhiro

石井和紘 (1944 – 2015)

Japanese architect who designed a series of public facilities for the town of Naoshima and attracted attention as a post-modern architect | 1944 born in Tôkyô | 1967 graduates from the department of architecture, “University of Tôkyô” | 1975 completes MA at “Yale University”, Connecticut, U.S. | 1976 establishes “Kazuhiro Ishii Architectural Institute” | 1981~ lecturer at “Nihon University” | 1982~ lecturer at Yale University | 1986~ lecturer at “Ôsaka University” | 1989 receives award for best work from “Architectural Institute of Japan” | 1990~ lecturer at “Waseda University” | 1993~ lecturer at University of Tôkyô | 2015 died in Tôkyô