ÔTANI Sachio

大谷幸夫 (1924 – 2013)

1924 born in Tôkyô | 1946 graduates from department of architecture, faculty of engineering at “Tôkyô Imperial University” (today “University of Tôkyô” | 1955 works for TANGE Kenzô; helps to build the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum | 1960 opens own architectural office | 1964 assistant professor at University of Tokyo’s Department of Urban Engineering | 1971-84 professor at University of  Tôkyô | 1984 honorary professor at University of Tôkyô | 2001 awarded by the “Order of the Sacred Treasure” | 2013 he died