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Arata Isozaki

1931 - 2022

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Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; 23 July 1931 – 28 December 2022) was a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist from Ōita. He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019. He taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arata Isozaki is the 101st most popular architect (down from 95th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Japan (down from 176th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Architect.

Isozaki is most famous for designing the Miho Museum in Japan.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Arata Isozaki ranks 101 out of 518. Before him are Mnesikles, Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, and Hans Hollein. After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Filarete, Toyo Ito, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Lúcio Costa, and Hemiunu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Arata Isozaki ranks 75. Before him are Jacques Demy, Ken Takakura, Alfred Brendel, Rita Moreno, Stanislav Grof, and Klaus Hasselmann. After him are Anthony de Mello, Ivan Rebroff, Vujadin Boškov, Reizo Fukuhara, Ronald Dworkin, and Silvia Pinal. Among people deceased in 2022, Arata Isozaki ranks 68. Before him are Teresa Berganza, Stanislav Shushkevich, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Claes Oldenburg, and Ayaz Mutallibov. After him are Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Ichirou Mizuki, Tony Brooks, Frank Drake, Edward C. Prescott, and Ivan Reitman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Arata Isozaki ranks 256 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Mori Ōgai (1862), and Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853). After him are Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Empress Jingū (169), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Setsu Sawagata (null), and Ichirou Mizuki (1948).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Arata Isozaki ranks 3. Before him are Tadao Ando (1941), and Kenzō Tange (1913). After him are Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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