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Yoshirō Taniguchi (谷口 吉郎, Taniguchi Yoshirō, 24 June 1904 – 2 February 1979) was a Japanese architect. He was born in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was a graduate of Tokyo University Department of Architecture and professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1929–1965.
Taniguchi’s maternal grandfather was one of Japan’s earliest architects and later became the head of the Tokyo branch of a major construction company. Taniguchi’s father, Yoshiro Taniguchi, was a contemporary of Kunio Maekawa and a respected architect in his own right.
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Dec 17, 2021 · In July 2019, a new museum commemorating the internationally renowned architect and urban designer Taniguchi Yoshirō (1904–1979) and his son, the architect Taniguchi Yoshio (1937–), opened in...
Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口 吉生, Taniguchi Yoshio; born 1937) is a Japanese architect best known for his redesign of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which was reopened November 20, 2004. Critics have emphasized Taniguchi's fusion of traditional Japanese and Modernist aesthetics.
Nov 11, 2023 · Explore the serene and elegant world of Yoshio Taniguchi, a master of minimalist architecture. This overview delves into the works of Taniguchi, whose designs are celebrated for their contemplative spaces and harmonious integration of light, material, and form.
May 2, 2024 · Yoshio Taniguchi, Japanese architect best known as designer of the early 21st-century expansion of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Other projects included the Ken Domon Museum of Photography in Sakata, the Tokyo Sea Life Park, and the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi was born in 1937. His father, Yoshiro Taniguchi (1904-79), was a pioneering modern architect whose career spanned the divide between pre- and postwar Japan. Taniguchi studied at Keio University and Harvard University.
