AMANO TARO, architectural works "arubekiyouwa"
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Dates: |
May 11(Tue)- May 23(Sun), 2010
Closed on Mondays
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Hours: |
10:00-17:00 (Entry by 16:30)
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Place: |
The Chinretsukan Gallery of The University Art Museum 2F |
In 1952, shortly after World War II, the Japanese architect Taro Amano studied
at Taliesin, where Frank Lloyd Wright, renowned for designing the
old Imperial Hotel, ran his studio and school. There, Amano learned Wright's philosophy of
乪organic architecture,' which Amano applied to his works after returning to Japan and gaining
much support and popularity. Later, in the educational institutions of Kogakuin University and
Tokyo University of the Arts, he taught his students the appeal of architecture,
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