Arata Isozaki

Arata Isozaki (磯崎新, "Isozaki Arata"; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect from Ōita, Ōita. He won the RIBA gold medal in 1986. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo and is an apprentice of Kenzo Tange.

Notable works include

*COSI Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, United States
*Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
*Ōita Prefectural Library, Ōita, Ōita, Japan
*Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California, United States
*Art Tower Mito, 1990
*Sports Hall for the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain
*Team Disney Orlando, Florida, United States
*Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, near Doha
*Torino Palasport Olimpico, Turin, Italy
*Centre of Japanese Art and Technology, Cracow, Poland
*Domus Casa Del Hombre 1995, La Coruña, Spain
*Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, opened 2004
*Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
*Isozaki Atea, Bilbao, Spain

Current projects include

*The University of Central Asia's three campuses in Tekeli, Kazakhstan; Naryn, the Kyrgyz Republic; and Khorog, Tajikistan
*The new Library of Maranello (Italy), competition winner
*The renovation of the railway station in Bologna (Italy), competition winner

External links

* [http://www.isozaki.co.jp/ Arata Isozaki & associates]
* [http://www.arataisozaki.net/ Arata Isozaki & associates España]
*Corkill, Edan. " [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080601x1.html Arata Isozaki: Astonishing by design] ". "Japan Times," 1 June 2008.