Shin Takamatsu

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Shin Takamatsu (born August 5, 1948) is a leading Japanese architect and professor at Kyoto University. Takamatsu's futuristic looking buildings often use anthropomorphic or mechanical imagery.^[1]

[edit] Notable projects

• Origin I, II, III, Kyoto, 1980-1986
• Ark (dental clinic), Kyoto, 1983
• Pharaoh (dental clinic), Kyoto, 1984
• Kirin Plaza, Osaka, 1987 (demolished)
• Solaris, Amagasaki, 1990
• Syntax, Kyoto, 1990 (demolished)
• Zeus, Nima Sand Museum, Nima, Shimane, 1990
• Kunibiki Messe Hall, Shimane, 1991-1993
• Kirin Headquarters, Chūō, Tokyo, 1990-1995
• Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, Hōki, Tottori, 1993-1995
• Quasar Building, Berlin, 1994
• Nose Myoken-san Worship Hall “SEIREI”, Kawanishi, Hyogo, 1998
• Shikatsu Community Center, Shikatsu, Aichi, 2000
• National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe, Okinawa, 2003

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  Shoji Ueda Museum of Phtography]], Hōki, Tottori

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  National Theater, Okinawa

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  Nose Myoken-san Worship Hall “SEIREI”, Kawanishi, Hyogo

[edit] References

1. ^ Curl, James Stevens. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 760. ISBN 978-0198606789. 

[edit] External links

• Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates Co, Ltd.
• Article from Archined News
• Translation of "The Architectural Machines of Shin Takamatsu" by Felix Guattari

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