Takashi Yamaguchi

is a Japanese architect, born in Kyoto. He graduated from Kyoto University and worked for Tadao Ando and Associates. He founded his own architectural firm, Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates, in 1996. Yamaguchi served as a visiting professor at the Osaka University of Arts in 2005, and in 2009 served as visiting professor at Columbia University and visiting scholar at Harvard. He is a professor at Osaka Sangyo University and a member of the Japan Institute of Architects and the Architectural Institute of Japan. He is an elite member of the Supporters of Romania Research at the Academy of Romanian Scientists. He is also a Regional President of Asia Designer Communication Platform.

Biography In 1988, Yamaguchi was a founding member of ARX, an international research group for theory and practice of architecture which has offices in New York, Geneva, Berlin, and Lisbon. The group includes staff from the offices of Peter Eisenman and Daniel Libeskind, as well as theorists from Columbia University. He founded Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates in 1996, and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University in 2010.

Works

1998: Glass Temple, Kyoto 2000: White Temple, Kyoto 2004: Metal Office, Kyoto 2008: Silent Office, Tokyo 2009: Breathing Factory, Osaka 2010: House in Ise, Mie Prefecture 2011: Parametric Fragment, Mie Prefecture 2012: Koshimo Plus, Hyōgo Prefecture

Awards 1992: Finalist of Spreebogen International Competition for a New German Capital in Berlin with "ARX", Germany 1999: Asakura Prize, The 18th Space Design Review, Japan 2001: 1st place, the 9th DuPont Benedictus Awards, United States 2005: Good Design Award, Japan 2005: Barbara Cappochin Architecture Prize, Italy 2005: Finalist of JIA Architectural Awards, Japan 2005: JIA Architectural Awards Selection, Japan 2007: Intermedia-globe Silver Prize, World Media Festival, Germany 2008: Good Design Award, Japan 2009: Good Design Award, Japan 2011: The Kyoto Design Award, Japan 2011: Selected Dedalo Minosse International Prize, Italy

Exhibitions 1998: Exhibition, Glass Temple, Japan 1999: The 18th Space Design Review, Japan 2000: Exhibition, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 2001: Exhibition, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland 2002: CAS: Contemporary Art and Spirits, Japan 2004: Designer's Week Exhibition, Japan 2004: International Architectural Biennale in Beijing, China 2004: Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, National Building Museum, United States 2005: International Biennal Barbara Cappochin Exhibition, Padua, Italy 2005: Good Design Award Presentation, Japan 2005: AD 5 ans Exposition, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France 2006: Salzburg Reinberg International Competition, Austria 2007: Exhibition, Eion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Romania 2007: Parallel Nippon – Contemporary Japanese Architecture – 1996–2006, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2008: Good Design Award Exhibition, Japan 2009: Good Design Award Exhibition, Japan 2009: arquitectura japonesa desde miradas argentinas, Argentina 2010: Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda, Guggenheim Museum, New York 2010: Barbara Cappochin International Biennale in Japan, Institution of Italian Culture, Japan 2011: Dedalo Minosse International Prize Exhibition, Italy 2011: The Kyoto Design Award Exhibition, Japan 2012: GA Houses Projects 2012 Exhibition, Japan 2012: Vertical Urban Factory: East Asia Exhibition, New York University's Department of East Asian Studies, New York