Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa

Biography of Yoshiro Taniguchi

1904	Born June 24 in Katamachi, Kanazawa, to a family whose kiln produced Kutani ware
1911	Enrolled in Affiliated Primary School of Ishikawa Prefectural Normal School
1918	Enrolled in Second Prefectural Middle School
1922	Enrolled in Fourth High School
1925	Graduated, Fourth High School. Enrolled in Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University
1928	Enrolled in Graduate School of Architecture, Tokyo Imperial University
1930	Lecturer, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1938	Traveled to Germany on commission from Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work on construction of Japanese garden in the Embassy
1942	Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for the research on wind pressure of buildings
1943	Doctorate in Engineering. Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1949	Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for Toson Memorial Hall and other projects
1952	Member, Cultural Properties Specialists Council. Completed Ishikawa Prefecture Textile Hall
1956	Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for Second Factory of Chichibu Cement Corporation
1956	Mainichi Culture Prize for "Shugakuin Imperial Villa"
1959	Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art and Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
1961	Japan Art Academy Prize for Crown Prince's Palace and other projects
1962	Member, Japan Art Academy. Completed Hotel Okura
1964	Inaugural director, Museum Meiji-Mura
1965	Retired from Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he became Emeritus Professor
1968	Member, Council for Protection of Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs. Completed Toyokan, Tokyo National Museum
1973	Order of Cultural Merit
1974	Completed Japanese-Style Annex of the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace
1978	Named first honorary citizen, Kanazawa City
1979	Died February 2, age 74. Posthumously awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure

Biography of Yoshio Taniguchi

　　 　　 　　　　 　　　　　　　　

1937	Born October 17 in Tokyo as eldest son of Yoshiro Taniguchi
1945	Attended Kanazawa Juichiya Elementary School and Kanazawa Minma Elementary School during the war
1960	Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
1964	Master's degree in Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1965-72	Member, Kenzo Tange Studio, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo; and Kenzo Tange and URTEC
1975	Established architectural office, Taniguchi, Takamiya and Associates
1979	President, Taniguchi and Associates
1980	Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for Shiseido Art Museum
1984	Isoya Yoshida Award for Ken Domon Museum of Photography
1987	Japan Art Academy Prize for Ken Domon Museum of Photography
1990	Public Buildings Award and Mainichi Art Award for Tokyo Sea Life Park
1994	Murano Togo Award for Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art and Marugame City Library
1996	Honorary member, American Institute of Architects
1997	Selected architect of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, through limited international competition
2001	Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, Tokyo National Museum
2003-10	Visiting Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Department of Architecture
2005	Received the Praemium Imperiale in Honor of Prince Takamatsu
2007	Honorary member, Royal Institute of British Architects
2008	Member，Japan Art Academy
2015	Isamu Noguchi Award from Noguchi Museum, U.S.A.
2015	Honorary member, Japan Institute of Architects
2016	"Piranesi Prix de Rome" from Adrianea Academy of Architecture  and Archaeology, Italy
2018	Public Buildings Award for Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Kyoto National Museum
2019	Honorary director, Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa
2020	Murano Togo Award for D.T.Suzuki Museum
2020	Honorary member, Architectural Institute of Japan
2021	Person of Cultural Merit