Kunio Maekawa

Maekawa Kunio (Japanese前 川 国 男, born May 14, 1905 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, † June 26, 1986 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese architect.

As a pupil of Le Corbusier, he has undertaken the mission to bring modern architecture to Japan.

Works

• Nippon Sogo Bank ( 1952)
• Kanagawa concert hall and library (1954 )
• Japanese Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair (1958, removed)
• Culture and Congress Centre, Tokyo ( 1961)
• Museum of East Asian Art - Cologne ( 1977)
• Expansion of the National Museum of Western Art - Tokyo (1979 )