was a Japanese architect noted for projects such as the Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium (1964) and the Sony Building (1966).
Education and career Ashihara was educated at both the University of Tokyo and Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1953 with a master's degree in Architecture, Ashihara worked in the architectural practice of modernist Marcel Breuer. Founder of his own firm Yoshinobu Ashihara Architecture Associates in 1956.
In the later stages of his career, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. President of the Japan Institute of Architects from 1980 - 1982 and the Architectural Institute of Japan from 1985 - 1987.
He was the recipient of both the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of Culture.
Projects Project Date Location Image Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium and Control Tower 1964 Setagaya, Tokyo Atelier, Musashino Art University 1964 Kodaira, Tokyo Sony Building 1966 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo Fuji Film Building 1969 Minato, Tokyo National Museum of Japanese History 1980 Sakura, Chiba Headquarters, Daiichi Kangyō Bank 1981 Chiyoda, Tokyo Gotenshita Memorial Arena, University of Tokyo 1989 Hongō, Bunkyō, Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre 1990 Toshima, Tokyo Okayama Symphony Hall 1991 Okayama, Okayama Film Centre, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1994 Chiyoda, Tokyo Ishikawa Ongakudō 2001 Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Publications Ashihara published a large number of architecture focused studies and texts, most prominent being The Aesthetic Townscape (Japanese first edition 1979 and English translation in 1983) and the Hidden Order: Tokyo through the Twentieth Century (Japanese first edition 1986, English translation in 1989).
See also List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Shōwa period: structures)
References
External links
Yoshinobu Ashihara Digital Forum