Tetsuro Yoshida(Cát điền thiết lang,Yoshida Tetsurō,May 18, 1894 - September 8, 1956)was a Japanesearchitect.He graduated fromTokyo Universityand entered the Ministry of Communications in 1919. He designed many Japanesepost offices,telegraphoffices, and related buildings in Japan.[1]He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.[2]
Tetsurō Yoshida | |
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Born | 18 May 1894 |
Died | 8 September 1956 Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Major works
edit- Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926
- Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931
- Osaka Central Post Office, 1939
References
edit- ^Steele, James (2017).Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation.Routledge.ISBN9781317377283.
- ^Kim, Hyon-Sob (2008). "Tetsuro Yoshida (1894-1956) and architectural interchange between East and West".Arq: Architectural Research Quarterly.12(1): 43–57.doi:10.1017/S1359135508000924.