Ashihara Yoshinobu

芦原 義信

1918 July 7, born in Tokyo
1942 graduated from the University of Tokyo
1946-47 worked for Sakakura Junzo
1953 Master's from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1953-56 worked for Marcel Breuer in New York
1956 established Yoshinobu Ashihara Architect & Associates
2003 September 24, passed away aged 85

project list

 

1990 TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART SPACE, Toshima ward, Tokyo
1989 GOTENSHITA MEMORIAL ARENA, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo
1988 YOKOHAMA WOMEN'S FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
1986 YOKOHAMA CIVIC HALL (KAN-NAI HALL), Yokohama city, Kanagawa
1980 THE DAIICHI KANGYO BANK HEAD OFFICE, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
1967 MUSEUM & LIBRARY, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY, Kodaira city, Tokyo
1966 SONY BUILDING, Chuo ward, Tokyo
1964 BUILDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY, Kodaira city, Tokyo

1990.08

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART SPACE

東京芸術劇場 - Tōkyō Geijutsu Gekijō

address:   1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都豊島区西池袋1-8-1
maps:   [Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:   49,739 m²
sources:  

[The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 134

[Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 236-237

1989.02

GOTENSHITA MEMORIAL ARENA, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

東京大学御殿下記念館 - Tōkyō Daigaku Gotenshita Kinen-kan

address:   7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都文京区本郷7-3-1
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   6,915 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 105

1988

YOKOHAMA WOMEN'S FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

横浜女性フォーラム - Yokohama Josei Fōramu

address:   435-1 Kamikuratacho, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
Japanese:   神奈川県横浜市戸塚区紙倉田町435-1
total floor area:   6,000 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Yokohama & Kamakura] page 99

1986

YOKOHAMA CIVIC HALL (KAN-NAI HALL)

横浜市民文化会館(関内ホール) - Yokohama Shimin Bunka Kaikan (Kan'nai Hōru)

address:   4-24-1 Sumiyoshicho, Naka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
Japanese:   神奈川県横浜市中区住吉町4-42-1
total floor area:   10,100 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Yokohama & Kamakura] page 25

1980.09

THE DAIICHI KANGYO BANK HEAD OFFICE

address:   1-1-5 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都千代田区内幸町1-1-5
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   134,922 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 110

1967.01

MUSEUM & LIBRARY, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY

武蔵野美術大学美術資料図書館 - Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku Bijutsu Shiryō Tosho-kan

address:   1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira city, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都小平市小川町1-736
lat, long:   35°43'34.50N 139°26'49.40E
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   3,459 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 206

1966.04

SONY BUILDING

address:   5-3-1 Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都中央区銀座5-3-1
maps:   [Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:   8,811 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 111

1964.08

BUILDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING, MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY

武蔵野美術大学4号館 - Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku 4-gōkan

address:   1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira city, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都小平市小川町1-736
lat, long:   35°43'32.80N 139°26'51.20E
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   3,942 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 206

publications by Ashihara Yoshinobu

 

Hidden Order, Tokyo Through the Twentieth Century
Y. Ashihara, E. T. Hall, L. E. Riggs
Kodansha International; 1992


The Hidden Order, Tokyo Through the Twentieth Century
Y. Ashihara
Kodansha International; 1989


Exterior Design in Architecture
Y. Ashihara
Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1970


The Aesthetic Townscape
Y. Ashihara, L. E. Riggs
MIT Press; 1983

 

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