Hiroshi Hara

was a Japanese architect and author on architecture. His major works, including Kyōto Station, the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, the Yamato International building in Tokyo, the Sapporo Dome in Hokkaidō, and other important structures in Japan, have earned many awards. With a doctorate in engineering, he was a professor at the University of Tokyo until 1997, and subsequently held an emeritus position.

Life and career Hiroshi Hara was born on 9 September 1936. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BA in 1959, and subsequently earned an MA in 1961 and a PhD in 1964, also from the University of Tokyo. He became an associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1964 and an associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo in 1969. He attended Harvard University's Summer Seminar in 1968. He collaborated with Atelier Φ for design practices from 1970. In 1982, Hara became professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, and in 1997, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. He changed the designation to "Hiroshi Hara + Atelier Φ" from 1999.

Hara died on 3 January 2025, at the age of 88.

Publications Hara is not only known as an architect but also as an author of theoretical essays on architecture and cities, amongst others the essay "Discrete City".

Works 1974: Hara House, Tokyo 1986: Tasaki Museum of Art, Karuizawa, Nagano 1987: Naha Municipal Josei Primary School, Naha, Okinawa 1987: Yamato International, Ōta, Tokyo 1987: Kenju Park 'Forest House', Nakaniida, Miyagi Prefecture 1988: Iida City Museum, Iida, Nagano Prefecture 1992: Uchiko Municipal Ose Middle School, Uchiko, Ehime 1993: Umeda Sky Building, Kita-ku, Osaka 1997: Kyoto Station Complex, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 1998: Miyagi Prefectural Library, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 2000: Hiroshima Municipal Motomachi High School, Hiroshima 2001: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō 2001: University of Tokyo, Komaba II Campus, Tokyo 2003: Tokamachi Stage, Tokamachi, Niigata 2004: Casa Experimental, Montevideo, Uruguay 2005: Casa Experimental, Cordoba, Argentina 2005: Shimokita Snow-Resistant Dome, Mutsu, Aomori 2007: Aizu Gakuho Middle School and High School, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture 2010: Casa Experimental, La Paz, Bolivia