Noriaki Okabe architect, designer
Representative of Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network
Member of Architectural Institute of Japan
Member of Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Ph.D. (Design)
Professional Situation
| 1947 | Born in Shizuoka, Japan |
| 1971 | Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Science and Engineering
Division, Waseda University, Tokyo |
| 1973-1974 | Invited researcher, French Government’s Scholarship |
| 1974-1977 | Joined Piano & Rogers (Paris, France) |
| 1977-1981 | Participated in the establishment of Piano & Rice & Associati (Genova, Italy) |
| 1986 | Received the title of Architect by French government |
| 1981-1988 | Worked as a Chief Architect for Renzo Piano Building Workshop Paris |
| 1988-1994 | Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan and served as a representative president |
| 1995- | Established the Design & Research Organization:
Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in Tokyo as a representative president |
| 1996-2016 | Professor of Kobe Design University |
| 1997-1998 | Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Architecture in the University of Tokyo |
| 2004 | Lecturer of the Educational TV Program of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in Japan (9 times in all) |
| 2007 | Received a doctorate at Kobe Design University |