Watanabe, Youiji
Watanabe, Youiji (1923–83). Japanese architect. He caricatured certain tendencies in architecture by, for example, designing a paediatrician's house in the shape of a dragon, and an apartment-block in the guise of a penguin. Among his works may be cited Dragon Fort, Ito (1968), Sky Buildings (various dates), and the Tanaka House, Naoetsu (1975). To some critics his work was ‘heretical’ because it punctured the absurd pretensions of aspects of Modernism.
Bibliography
Kalman (1994);
Jencks (1973a)
More From encyclopedia.com
Arata Isozaki , Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki (born 1931) developed a style which reflected both Japanese traditions and Western p… Japanese Architecture , Japanese architecture, structures created on the islands that constitute Japan. Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the for… Modern Architecture , Through the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, neoclassical architecture predominated in much of Spanish America. In Europe, mo… Carlos Raul Villanueva , Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Venezuelan Carlos Raúl Villaneuva (1900–1975) was the most influential Latin American architect and community designer of the… Frank Lloyd Wright , The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) designed dramatically innovative buildings during a career of almost 70 years. His work establi… Kenzo Tange , Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange
The Japanese architect Kenzo Tange (born 1913), a student of Le Corbusier, was one of the first modern architects in Japan an…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Watanabe, Youiji