ArchitectArchitect No. 09
谷口吉生
The architect of the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures at the Tokyo National Museum and the new building of MoMA in New York, known as a master of museum architecture. At The Okura Tokyo he recreated the Hotel Okura lobby designed by his father, Yoshiro Taniguchi.
87yrs1937–2024
1in SUMIBIKI
1to stay in
2019The Okura Tokyo completed
Age & WorksHow old, and what was built
46
1983Ken Domon Museum of PhotographySakata, Yamagata
54
1991Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary ArtMarugame, Kagawa
58
1995Toyota Municipal Museum of ArtToyota, Aichi
62
1999Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, Tokyo National MuseumTaito, Tokyo
67
2004The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), new buildingNew York, USA
74
2011D.T. Suzuki MuseumKanazawa, Ishikawa
82
2019The Okura TokyoStayMinato, Tokyo
87
2024Died
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