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Satoru Anjo, Chiyoda
Anjo Gallery>>
email:
anjo@remus.dti.ne.jp
website: Art
and Architecture in Makuhari

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Takaaki Kihara, Niitsu City
Kihara Gallery>>
Mr.
Kihara began to learn origamic architecture ten years from the
creator of the art form, Masahiro Chatani. As a trained architect
and engineer, Mr Kihara is regularly employed at the Construction
Company in Niigata but origamic architecture is his passionate
avocation. He has conducted workshops for children throughout
Japan and in 1995 led a workshop in Seattle WA for the national
meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
In
2000 the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum placed Mr. Kihara's
pop-up design of the Sydney Opera House in its collection. Mr
Kihara is the co-author of Origamic Architecture Goes World Famous
Buildings .In 2001 his master pieces were displayed for the exhibition
of the Origamic Architecture at American Craft Museum with Masahiro
Chatani, Keiko Nakazawa, Ingrid Siliakus and Marivi Garrido.
email: kamiwazakihara@aol.com
website: Takaaki
Kihara's Gallery
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