Renshichiro Kawakita

Japanese: 川喜田煉七郎 - かわきたれんしちろう

1902-1975 An architect from the Showa period.
Born on February 26, 1902. In 1930, he won a prize in an international design competition for the Kharkov Theatre in Ukraine, drawing attention. In 1932, he opened the Institute of Architecture and Crafts (later renamed the New Architecture and Crafts Academy) in Tokyo's Ginza district, where he taught Bauhaus-style design. He passed away on June 18, 1975, at the age of 73. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo Higher Technical School (now Tokyo Institute of Technology).

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Japanese:

1902－1975　昭和時代の建築家。
明治35年2月26日生まれ。昭和5年ウクライナのハリコフ劇場建築国際設計コンペに入選して注目される。7年建築工芸研究所(のち新建築工芸学院と改称)を東京銀座にひらき,バウハウス流の造形教育をおこなった。昭和50年6月18日死去。73歳。東京出身。東京高工(現東京工業大)卒。

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