Academic Career

1955: Graduated from the University of Fukui
1957: Degree of M.Eng. at the University of Tokyo
1960: Lecturer at Hosei University (Tokyo)
1962: Associate Professor at Hosei University
1966: Degree of Dr.Eng. at the University of Tokyo
1972: Professor at Hosei University
1977: Honorary Dr.Eng. by the University of Stuttgart
1998: Honorary Dr.Eng. by the Slovak University of Technology (Bratislava)
2003: Honorary Professor at Hosei University
2019: Passed away

Academic Works

Numbers of papers have been presented in the fields of shells, latticed space structures, tension structures, base-isolated structure and structural design philosophy.

Structural Design Works

Some examples of his many design works are Yoyogi Olympic Stadium, West Japan General Exhibition Center, The Expo ’70 Space Frame for the Festival Plaza, Expo ’70 Fuji Group Pavilion, Sant Jordi Sports Palace, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Sundome Fukui, Namihaya Dome, Inuchus Bridge, Ceramic Park MINO, Shenzhen Cultural Center, Yong-Le Bridge, and so on.

Books

1971: Design Examples of Space Structure (in Japanese), Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd.
1975: Suspended Structures (in Japanese), Corona Publishing Co., Ltd.
1982: Introduction to Architecture (in Japanese), Shokokusha Publishing Co., Ltd.
1990: Mechanism of Building Structures (in Japanese), Shokokusha Publishing Co., Ltd.
1994: Structural Perspectives (Bilingual in English & Japanese), AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan)
1995: Felix Candela (in Japanese), TOTO Publishing
2002: The Structures of Eduardo Torroja (in Japanese), Sagami-Shobo
2015: Structures and Sensibility (in Japanese), Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd.

Academic/Professional Membership

AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan), Executive Member
JIA (The Japan Institute of Architects)
JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
JSCA (Japan Structural Consultants Association)
JSSC (Japanese Society of Steel Construction)
IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering)
IASS (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures), President (1990-1991, 2000-2006)

Academic Activities

Chairman of AIJ Structural Design Committee
Executive organizing member of the following international symposia held in Japan:
IASS Pacific Symposium - Tokyo, Kyoto, Oct. 1971
IASS Symposium - Osaka, Sep. 1986
Seiken - IASS Symposium - Tokyo, Oct. 1993
Int. Symposium on Innovative Architecture in Asia, Osaka, Oct. 1996
Member of the organizers or scientific committees of number of international conferences held abroad.
Writer of the following recommendations:
Analysis, Design & Realization of Space Frames, IASS, 1984
IASS Recommendations for Air-Supported Structures, 1985
Recommendations for Design of Cable Structures, AIJ 1994

Awards

1970: Ministry of Science & Technology Award, for the design of pneumatic structures
1970: AIJ Award, for the Space Frame at Expo’70
1983: AIJ Award, for a series of works in spatial structures
1990: Quaternario Venezia, for Sant Jordi Sports Palace in Barcelona
1991: Gengo Matsui Award, for Sant Jordi Sports Palace in Barcelona
1993: IASS Tsuboi Prize (The Best Paper in IASS Bulletin for 1992)
1993: Special Pioneer’s Award (University of Surrey, UK)
1995: JSCE Award, for Inachus Bridge
1995: IABSE International Award (Structural Design & Philosophy)
1995: Hiroshima Town Planning Design Grand-Prix, for A.CITY Hills & Towers
1996: AIJ Annual Architectural Design Commendation, for Inachus Bridge
1997: AIJ Award, for Sun Dome Fukui
2001: IASS Eduardo Torroja Medal
2003: JSCA Award, for the Structural Design of Ceramic Park MINO
2005: JSCE Design Award, for Inachus Bridge
2006: BCS Prize, for Onishi Hall
2008: JSSI (The Japan Society of Seismic Isolation) Award, for Ceramic Park MINO
2015: Grand Prize of AIJ
2018: Distinguished Service Award of SSF

Exhibitions

1995: Architecture of the Year in Japan (Nov. 1995)
1995: Contemporary Development in Design Science, Buckminster Fuller
Centennial Exhibit, New York (Nov. 1995 - Apr. 1996)
1996: Building for the Future, Istanbul (Jun. 1996)
1997: Engineers of the Century, Pompidou Centre, Paris (Jul.-Sep. 1997)
2009: Mamoru Kawaguchi-Structural Engineer, Innovation and Tradition in Structural Design, IASS2009, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Sep.-Nov. 2009)