/// Biography

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2015.5    Established Support Team for Hisanohama Ohisa area

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)  

 

 

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/// Awards​

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2017       Good Design Award 2019

              / Uehara Komachi (Yoshihiro Kurita Architect & Associates)

2018       Fukushima Prefecture Architectural Culture Award

              / Karasuya (Yoshihiro Kurita Architect & Associates)

2017       Good Design Award 2017

              / Karasuya (Yoshihiro Kurita Architect & Associates)

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)