About Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi
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 |