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Atsushi Ueda

うえだ あつし

Ueda Atsushi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-08-12 （Hodahatecho, Higashinari-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Hodahatecho, Higashinari-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan → Fengtian (Shenyang), Manchuria → Weixian, Manchuria → Qingdao

Career

Occupations
Architectural scholar, Architect, Urban environment space designer, Writer
Active Years
1950-
Affiliations
Kyoto Seika University
Memberships
Shaso Gakkai
Influenced By
Kinji Imanishi, Nagisa Oshima

Education

Osaka Prefectural Kozu High School
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: Japan
Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Faculty of Engineering
Year of Graduation: 1954
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Architecture
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: Japan
Completed Master's Program in Architecture
Kyoto University
Degree: 博士（工学）
Year of Graduation: 1971
Country: Japan
Doctor of Engineering (Kyoto University, 1971)

Awards

Special Award, Architectural Institute of Japan
1970
Work: Omatsuri Hiroba
Organization: Architectural Institute of Japan
Result: 受賞
Kanagawa Prefecture Architecture Award
1974
Work: House of the Sun
Organization: Kanagawa Prefecture
Result: 受賞
Japan Essayist Club Award
1974
Work: Japanese People and Housing
Organization: Japan Essayist Club
Result: 受賞
Toyota Motor Corporation Founding Commemoration Thesis Best Award
1977
Work: Tsuboguruma Proposal
Organization: Toyota Motor Corporation
Result: 受賞
Ministry of the Environment Excellence in Environmental Award
1984
Work: Chinju no Mori
Organization: Ministry of the Environment
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1985
Work: Cities and Housing of Refugees
Organization: Mainichi Newspaper
Result: 受賞
Special Award, West Hollywood City Competition
1987
Work: Design of City Hall
Organization: City of West Hollywood
Result: 受賞
Osaka City Cultural Merit Award
1987
Work: Bridge Museum
Organization: Osaka City
Result: 受賞
Asahi Display Design Annual Award '88
1988
Work: Bridge Museum
Organization: Asahi Shimbun
Result: 受賞
Kurashiki City Urban Architecture Excellence Award
1988
Work: Bridge Museum
Organization: Kurashiki City
Result: 受賞
HOPE Housing Culture Award
1991
Work: Machiya in Nishijin
Organization: HOPE
Result: 受賞
100th Anniversary of Kyoto City Autonomy Commemorative Commendation
1994
Organization: City of Kyoto
Result: 表彰
Osaka City Cultural Merit Award
1994
Organization: Osaka City
Result: 受賞
Kyoto City Urban Landscape Awards (3rd)
1998
Work: Kyoto Seika University Station Building
Organization: City of Kyoto
Result: 受賞
Osaka Culture Award
2000
Work: Research on Outstanding Urban Planning
Organization: Osaka City
Result: 受賞
Asahi Design Annual Award
Organization: Asahi Shimbun
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Saigo Takamori: The Last Samurai

2009 Non-fiction

Chinju no Mori

2007 Essay

The Emperor of Ten Thousand Years

2006 History

Bibliography

  • Saigo Takamori: The Last Samurai
  • Chinju no Mori
  • The Emperor of Ten Thousand Years
  • The Spirit of the Japanese and the History of Architecture
  • Godless Nippon
  • Cities and the Japanese
  • Japan Created by Sorcery
  • Japanese People and Housing
  • Japanese People and Housing (English Edition)
  • School of Architects
  • Japanese Cities Were Made from the Sea
  • Why Five-tiered Pagodas Do Not Collapse
  • Cities Within Architecture
  • Future Image of Living Spaces
  • Sea-side Sanctuary
  • Interesting Cities
  • Information Illustrated Book
  • Amaterasu’s Blood Flows in Our Bodies

Translations by Author

  • Japanese People and Housing (English Edition)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ExpositoryEssayistic
Recurring Motifs
CitiesArchitectureJapanese Culture

Legacy

He brought innovative perspectives to urban planning and architectural history.

Academic Societies

  • Shaso Gakkai

Trivia

  • His father-in-law is Kinji Imanishi.
  • He is close friends with Nagisa Oshima.