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Toshio Kayama

こうやま ひさお

Kayama Toshio

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-03-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Architect, Architecture scholar
Active Years
1960-
Affiliations
Kayama Toshio Architectural Research Institute
Influenced By
Taisui Yoshitake, Louis I. Kahn

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Engineering / Department of Architecture
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: Japan
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Fine Arts
Degree: M.Arch
Year of Graduation: 1966
Country: United States
University of Tokyo
Degree: 工学博士
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: Japan

Awards

Togo Murano Award
1995
Result: Winner
JIA Award
1996
Work: Saitama Arts Theater
Category: 作品賞
Organization: Architectural Institute of Japan
Result: 受賞
Public Architecture Award
2000
Result: 優秀賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
2005
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Saitama Arts Theater

1994 Public architecture

Chapel of the Travelers, Monastery of the Trappistine Sisters

2001 Religious architecture

ROHM Theatre Kyoto

2015 Theater

Translations by Author

  • Pioneers of Rejection: Art Nouveau in Architecture and Design
  • Development of Architectural Form Principles

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ModernismPostmodernismCritical Regionalism
Recurring Motifs
Emphasis on communicationPublic spaces

Legacy

Toshio Kayama has significantly influenced contemporary Japanese architecture, particularly in public and religious buildings.

Academic Societies

  • Architectural Institute of Japan
  • Japan Art Academy