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Noboru Kawazoe

かわぞえ のぼる

Kawazoe Noboru

Pen Names: Contributions to 'Shinkenchiku' and others

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-02-23 (Komagome Somei, Tokyo, Japan)
Died
2015-07-09 age 89
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Architecture critic, Urban critic, Civilization critic
Active Years
1953-2015
Affiliations
Professor at Koriyama Women's University, Visiting Professor at Waseda University, Principal of Tahara Welfare Vocational School
Memberships
Honorary Member of Japanese Society of Lifestyle Studies, Honorary Member of Japan Exhibition Society, Honorary Member of the Tools Society
Influenced By
Jiro Ima

Education

Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Second Department
Faculty of Science and Engineering / Department of Architecture
Period: 1953年卒業
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Japan
Served concurrently as assistant in Ima Wajiro's lab

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1960
Work: People and God's Dwelling: The Great Ancient Japan
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Ima Wajiro Prize
1982
Result: 受賞
Minakata Kumagusu Prize
1997
Organization: Minakata Kumagusu Memorial Museum
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

People and God's Dwelling: The Great Ancient Japan

1960 Architecture criticism

1982 Scholarly

Metabolism

1960 Architecture criticism

Health

  • Pneumonia
    Cause of death

Legacy

An architectural critic who led Japanese architectural thought and influenced fields such as folklore studies.

Academic Societies

  • Japanese Society of Lifestyle Studies
  • Japan Exhibition Society
  • Tools Society

Trivia

  • He used the pen name 'Iwata Tomoo' in magazines such as 'Shinkenchiku'.