Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Phoenix Hall Completion: 1053 Place: Uji, Kyoto World Heritage It is famous for Amida-do, which looks like a palace floating in a treasure pond in the Western Paradise.A pair of phoenixes are installed on the…

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

1872-1944Dutch painter, theoreticianPioneer of 20th-century abstract artContributor to the De Stijl『Gray Tree』『Composition』『Broadway Boogie Woogie』

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando 1941- Japanese architect    One of the world’s most active Japanese architects, known for his style of exposed concrete and the use of geometric shapes. He traveled around the world…

J.J.P Oud

J.J.P Oud

1890-1963 Dutch architect De Stijl Bauhaus 『Weissenhof Estate』 『Café de Unie』

Sone Tatsuzo

Sone Tatsuzo

Sone Tatsuzo 1853-1937 Japanese architect 1st graduate student of Department of Architecture, Office building design in Marunouchi, Tokyo『Mitsubishi Ichigokan』 『Nagasaki Shipyard』 『Keio University Library』 『Former Kagoshima Prefectural Office』

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

1888-1964Dutch architect, furniture designerDe Stijl artistic movement『the Rietveld Schröder House』『Red and Blue Chair』『Zig-Zag Chair』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Tate Modern

Tate Modern

Tate Moderncompletion: 1947 / 1963 / 2000 location: United Kingdom / London Architect: Giles Gilbert Scott / Herzog & de Meuron  Modern art gallery located in London, Based in the former Bankside Power Station. Tate…

Tatsuno Kingo

Tatsuno Kingo

1854-1919Japanese architectFormer dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial University『Tokyo Station』『the Bank of Japan building』『Nara Hotel』

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1886-1969 German-American architect Pioneers of modernist architecture Last director of the Bauhaus 『Barcelona Pavilion』『Villa Tugendhat』『Farnsworth House』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima shrineCompletion 1241/1556/1571/1680/1875Place: Itsukushima / Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan world Heritage “Aki no Miyajima”, one of the three best views in Japan.The head office of Itsukushima Shrine, which is located…

Josef Hoffmann

Josef Hoffmann

1870-1956 Austrian architect Vienna Secession Wiener Werkstätte 『Vienna Secession Building』 『Stoclet Palace』

Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens

1868-1940 German architect and industrial designer  German Werkbund Munich Secession 『Behrens’ house』 『AEG Turbine Factory』 『Hoechst Administration Building』

Imperial Hotel

Imperial Hotel

Imperial HotelCompletion: 1923 Place: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / Inuyama City, Aichi Design: Frank Lloyd Wright A hotel designed by three great masters of modern architecture. It is characterized by scratch tiles, terracotta and Otani stone decorations. ‥Although…

William Morris

William Morris

1834-1896 British textile designer, poet, novelist, socialist and activist the British Arts and Crafts Movement  『Red House』 『Strawberry Thief』 

Hans Scharoun

Hans Scharoun

1893-1972 German architect organic and expressionist  『Berlin Philharmonic』 『Schminke house』 『Berlin State Library』

Nikko Toshogu

Nikko Toshogu

Nikko Toshogu Yomei Gate Completion: 1636 Place: Tochigi Prefecture Nikko City Design: Munehiro Kora World Heritage A shrine that enshrines Tosho Daigongen, the deity of Ieyasu Tokugawa, as the main deity. It is painted in the colorful decoration…