Architect
Kingo
Kingo
Tatsuno
辰野金吾
Red brick, white bands: he built the front door of modern Japan.
A first-generation Japanese architect who studied under Josiah Conder, the British architect invited by the Meiji government. He designed the Bank of Japan Head Office and the Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station. His red brick crossed by white stone bands came to be called the "Tatsuno style".
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- Works
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- Techniques
Works.
Selected works, and where you can stay- 1896 Bank of Japan Head Office Tokyo
- 1909 Nara Hotel, main building Nara
- 1914 The Tokyo Station Hotel Chiyoda, Tokyo Stay
Hotels.
Kingo Tatsuno — hotels
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Read about the techniques
i.Seismic isolationSeparating the building from the ground: how seismic isolation worksNot resisting an earthquake, nor absorbing it, but not letting it in. Seismic isolation does this by slipping a soft layer between building and ground. From the workings of laminated rubber bearings to Japan’s first isolated house, and the project that lifted a century-old station from below to isolate it.
ii.Steel-framed brickThe steel inside the red brick: steel-framed brick constructionMeiji Japan set out to build a modern city in brick. But in an earthquake country, brick that is simply stacked is weak. Steel-framed brick construction built steel into the walls. Taking Tokyo Station’s Marunouchi building as our example, we read the bonds of brickwork, the trick behind its red facing brick, and the fates the Great Kanto Earthquake divided.