was a Japanese architect and civil engineer, known for his PhD thesis on reinforced concrete frames, and for several concrete buildings. Abe was responsible for designing the first elevated railway using reinforced concrete. He contributed to many architectural and engineering works of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.
Shortly after World War Two, he was the second president of the War Reconstruction Agency (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and the Secretary-General of the Construction Agency (Deputy Secretary of Construction) after the war. On March 4, 1947, he was appointed as a member of the Imperial House of Representatives, and remained in office until the abolition of the House of Peers on May 2, the same year.House of Representatives, House of Councils, "Hundred Year History of Parliamentary System: Aristocratic House of Representatives Directory," Ministry of Finance, Printing Bureau, 1990, p. 90.
Mikishi Abe was the student of A.N Talbot of United States. He is credited of spreading the Talbot's message of pragmatism in Japan.
Buildings
Seiko Main Office Hibiya Movie Theater, Yurakucho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, 1934Hibiya Movie Theater Meiji Seika Tobata Factory, Tobataku, KitaKyushu, 1936 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium Kobe Hankyu Building Yuraku-za Theatre
Books
Analysis and Tests of Rigidly Connected Reinforced Concrete Frames.
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