Arata isozaki biography for kids

Japanese architect (–)

Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; 23 July – 28 December )^[2] was a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist^[4] from Ōita.

He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in He taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University.^[5]

Biography

Isozaki was born in Oita on the island of Kyushu and grew up in the era of postwar Japan,^[4] the eldest of four children of Toji and Tetsu Isozaki.

His father was a prominent businessmen.^[2] In , he witnessed the destruction of Hiroshima on the shore opposite his hometown.^[2] When he accepted the Pritzker Prize in he stated: "There was no architecture, no buildings, and not even a city.

So my first experience of architecture was the void of architecture, and I began to consider how people might rebuild their homes and cities."^[2]

Isozaki completed his schooling at the Oi