Noriaki Okabe　architect

Representative of Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network

Professor of Kobe Design University

Member of Architects Association (order des architectes) of France

Member of Architectural Institute of Japan

Member of Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Ph.D.

Professional Situation

1947	Born in Shizuoka, Japan
1971	Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Science and Engineering Division, Waseda University, Tokyo.
1973-74	Invited researcher, French Government’s Scholarship.
1974-77	Joined Piano & Rogers (Paris, France).
1977-81	Participated in the establishment of Piano & Rice & Associati (Genova, Italy).
1986-	Member of “order des architectes of France”
1981-88	Worked as a Chief Architect for Renzo Piano Building Workshop Paris.
1988-94	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-	Professor of Kobe Design University.
1997-98	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