Mikishi Abe
Mikishi Abe (阿部 美樹志, Abe Mikishi, 1883–1965) was a Japanese architect and civil engineer, known for his PhD thesis on reinforced concrete frames, and for several concrete buildings.[1] Abe was responsible for designing the first elevated railway using reinforced concrete. He contributed to many architectural and engineering works of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.
Mikishi Abe | |
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SEIKO main office designed by Mikishi Abe | |
Born | |
Died | February 20, 1965 |
Alma mater | University of Illinois Sapporo Agricultural College |
Occupation | Architect, civil engineer |
Practice | Abe Offices |
Buildings | Hankyu Department Store Hibiya Movie Theatre |
Projects | Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group overhead railways |
Shortly after World War Two, he was the second president of the War Reconstruction Agency (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and the Secretary-General of the Construction Agency (Deputy Secretary of Construction) after the war. On March 4, 1947, he was appointed as a member of the Imperial House of Representatives , and remained in office until the abolition of the House of Lords on May 2, the same year.[2]
Buildings
- Seiko Main Office
- Hibiya Movie Theater, Yurakucho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, 1934[3]
- Meiji Seika Tobata Factory, Tobataku, KitaKyushu, 1936
- Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
- Kobe Hankyu Building
- Yuraku-za Theatre
References
- "Abe Mikishi". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- House of Representatives, House of Councils, "Hundred Year History of Parliamentary System: Aristocratic House of Representatives Directory," Ministry of Finance, Printing Bureau, 1990, p. 90.
- Hibiya Movie Theater