/// Biography

 

2013-      lecturer at Department of Architecture, Tokyo City University in JP

2013-      Established Yoshihiro Kurita Architect & Associates in JP

2004-13   worked at Kengo Kuma & Associates in JP

2002-      Established nextstations

2001-04   worked at DRFTWD office, Amsterdam in the Netherlands (NL)

2001       Graduated from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)

　　　　　　 with Master in Architecture Degree in US (Metropolitan Research +                 Design program)  

2000       Graduated from the University of Chiba with Master in Architecture      　　　　　  Degree in JP  

1976       Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (JP)  

 

 

/// Awards

 

2014       Award for Excellence: Interior Planning Award 2014 by Japan                           Federation of Interior Planner’s Association (JIPA)

              / ProActive, Guam University Japan office (Yoshihiro Kurita Architect                 & Associates)

2014       Interior Space Design Award: JID Award Biennial 2014 by Japan                       Interior Architects / Designers’ Association (JID)

              / Fujita Oral Health Center for Liaison (nextstations)

2014       Grand Prize: Dental Space Design Award 2014 by Japan Dental                       News Press

              / Fujita Oral Health Center for Liaison (nextstations)

2012       Grand Prize: Civil Engineering Design Prize 2012 by Japan Society of               Civil Engineers(JSCE)

              / Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2011       Nominated for Grand Prize: The Great Indoor Award 2011                 　　　　　　(International Biennial Interior Design Award in NL)

              / Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2011       Selected Work for presentation at UIA 2011 by Union Internationale 　　　　　　　des Architectes World Congress

              / Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2011       Grand Prize (Prize by Forest Agency): 14th Moku katsuyou Concour 　　　　　　(competition of wooden design)

            　/ Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2010       JCD Rookie Award: JCD International Design Award by Japan                           Commercial Environment Design Association

            　/ Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2010       Special Award by Small and Medium Enterprise Agency: Good 　　　                 Design Award by Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)

              / Nakamura Station in Tosa Kuroshio railway (nextstations)

2003       Grand Prize: Research Subsidy Competition by Yoshioka bunko + 　　　　　　　 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

　　　　　　 / furture for the local railway and stations (nextstations)