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Kiyonori Kikutake

1928 - 2011

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Kiyonori Kikutake (菊竹 清訓, Kikutake Kiyonori) (April 1, 1928 – December 26, 2011) was a prominent Japanese architect known as one of the founders of the Japanese Metabolist group. He was also the tutor and employer of several important Japanese architects, such as Toyo Ito, Shōzō Uchii and Itsuko Hasegawa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kiyonori Kikutake is the 452nd most popular architect (down from 446th in 2019), the 1,467th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,340th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kiyonori Kikutake ranks 452 out of 518. Before him are Johann Friedrich Höger, Charles Robert Cockerell, Paolo Portoghesi, Julia Morgan, Kolyu Ficheto, and Nikolay Lvov. After him are Ferdinand Boberg, Alexander Kokorinov, Richard Knill Freeman, Alejandro Aravena, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Anne Lacaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Kiyonori Kikutake ranks 448. Before him are Giovanni Giacomazzi, Johnny Griffin, Raúl Cárdenas, Vic Damone, Serge Blusson, and Ruth Brown. After him are Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Aleksandr Ivanov, Vasile Tiță, Angélica Gorodischer, Surya Bahadur Thapa, and Tom Lehrer. Among people deceased in 2011, Kiyonori Kikutake ranks 347. Before him are Célestin Oliver, Wenche Foss, Bhimsen Joshi, Milton Babbitt, Kjell Johansson, and Ragnar Lundberg. After him are Yrjö Hietanen, Per Berlin, Aloysius Ambrozic, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Henry Cooper, and Jan van Beveren.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kiyonori Kikutake ranks 1,467 out of 6,245. Before him are Yohei Takayama (1979), Yuko Oita (1969), Takahiro Sasaki (1974), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), and Toru Ojima (1976). After him are Satoshi Tezuka (1958), Kenyu Horiuchi (1957), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hiro Mashima (1977), and Kōichi Yamadera (1961).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Kiyonori Kikutake ranks 10. Before him are Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), and Kunio Maekawa (1905). After him are Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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