WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Born 1956. Architectural historian. Doctor of Engineering. Graduated from the Department of Architecture at The University of Tokyo. Withdrew from the doctoral program at The University of Tokyo with full credits. Held positions as a research associate at The University of Tokyo, associate professor at the Kyushu Institute of Design, and professor at Kyushu University before becoming an emeritus professor at Kyushu University. Studied abroad as a French government scholarship student at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette and Sorbonne University. French government-certified architect. Publications include Architectural Missions in the Age of Classicism (V2-Solution Books), An Imaginary History of Architecture (Sayusha), The Sacred in Architecture (University of Tokyo Press), Chikaku to kenchiku [Perception and Architecture] (Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan), Academii to kenchiku ōdā [The Academy and the Architectural Orders] (Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan), Kotoba to kenchiku [Words and Architecture] (Kenchikugijutsu), Tairon: Kenchiku to jikan [Discussion: Architecture and Time] (Iwanami Shoten), and Kenchiku kiiwādo [Architectural Keywords] (editor and author, Sumai no Toshokan Shuppankyoku), among others. Has also published numerous co-authored books. Translated publications include Pierre Lavedan’s Histoire de l’urbanisme à Paris (Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan) and David Watkin and Robin Middleton’s Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture, vol. 1 and 2 (Hon no Tomosha). Awards include the Architectural Institute of Japan’s AIJ Book Award and AIJ Prize (Research Paper).