ROKKAKU Kijô

六角鬼丈 (1941 – 2019)

Japanese architect whose father and grandfather were lacquer artists | 1941 born in Tôkyô | 1965 graduates from the department of architecture, faculty of fine arts at the “Tôkyô University of the Arts”; works for ISOZAKI Arata | 1968 establishes own office “Rokkaku Design Studio” (later “Rokkaku Onijô Planning Studio”) | 1991 awarded the “Architectural Institute of Japan Award”; professor at Tôkyô University of the Arts | 2009 professor emeritus of Tôkyô University of the Arts | 2019 died