Takamasa Yoshizaka
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Takamasa Yosizaka (吉阪 隆正, Yosizaka Takamasa, February 13, 1917—December 17, 1980), family name also romanized as Yosizaka, was a Japanese architect and former president of the Architectural Institute of Japan and a keen mountaineer.
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Takamasa Yosizaka | |
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Born | 13 February 1917 Koishikawa, Tokyo |
Died | 17 December 1980 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Waseda University, Tokyo |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | Former president of the Architectural Institute of Japan |
Practice | Atelier U |
Buildings | Inter-University Seminar House, Ura House, The Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale |
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After graduating from university, he worked at Le Corbusier's atelier in Paris for two years working on projects in France and India. After his return to Japan, he collaborated on Le Corbusier's National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo in 1959. He set up his own practice called Atelier U in 1964.
He proposed a theory of Discontinuous Unity and translated many of Le Corbusier's works from French into Japanese.