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ARCHITECT YONEJI SAKAE'S BIOGRAPHY AND HIS WORKS : A study on the activity of regional architect

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This paper aims to identify biographies and works of an architect in regional areas, and announces him as Regional Architects. Yoneji Sakae, born in 1904, graduated from Tokyo Art College in 1928. After his graduation, he worked as an architect in the architectural section on Karafuto Agency until 1941. During wartime, he went back to Hokkaido and got a position in Japan Electric Power Co., Inc.. He belonged to Hokkaido Electoric Power.Company, Inc. in 9 years, and then he established his design office in 1960. We suggest three points of Regional Architects; awareness of profession as an architect, technical approach against local climate, and consideration on local scenery. First, he described the necessity to unite architect together. Second, he used various styles and expressed beauty in city scape and architecture. Thirdly he reported on problems in snowy and cold areas.

Source: Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aija.72.173_4

Authors: Tomonori HARA, Yukihiro KADO

Institution: Hokkaido University

Language: English

Topic: Architecture, Modernity, and Design

Subfield: Architecture

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W214040540

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