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 Arata Isozaki Photo: ArtToday.com Modern ArchitectureDisney ArchitectureArata Isozaki, Japanese ArchitectBorn:July 23, 1931 in Oita, Kyushu, Japan Education:
Important Buildings:Arata Isozaki is known for using bold, exaggerated forms and inventive detailing. His works include:
Styles and Ideas:Arata Isozaki was inspired by the imaginative, Japanese New Wave movement known as Metabolism. Arata Isozaki & Associates:Address: 9-6--17 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan Web Site: Arata Isozaki & Associates About Arata Isozaki :Born and educated in Japan, Arata Isozaki often integrates Eastern ideas into his designs. For example, Isozaki wanted to express a yin-yang theory of positive and negative space when he designed the Team Disney Building in Orlando, Florida. Also, because the offices were to be used by time-conscious executives, he wanted the architecture to make a statement about time. Serving as offices for the Walt Disney Corporation, the Team Disney Building is a startling landmark on the otherwise barren stretch of Florida's Route I-4. The oddly looped gateway suggests gigantic Mickey Mouse ears. At the building's core, a 120-foot sphere forms the world's largest sundial. Inside the sphere is a serene Japanese rock garden. Isozaki's Team Disney design won a prestigious National Honor Award from the AIA in 1992. Modern ArchitectureDisney Architecture |
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