Seiichi Shirai

Seiichi Shirai(ja:白井晟一) was a Japanese architect. His eccentric, mysterious and extremely refined architectural language made him highly reputated in his country.

Seiichi Shirai or Seiichi Sirai
Born1905
Died1983
NationalityJapanese
OccupationArchitect

Style

Seiichi Shirai's style is very autonomous. His unexpected way of use of exquisit and rare (in Japan) materials (marmor, brick, nature stone) make his buildings seem to be independent of their surrounding and independent of the common Japanese architecture of this time. Nevertheless, there are European (where he studied) and Japanese influences present in his work: Particular use of European classicist furniture and facades reminding of Carlo Scarpa.

Works

Shoto Museum Tokyo 1980, NOA Building (1964), Shinwa Bank Computer Tower, Nagasaki 1974,

References

Bart Lootsma:http://www.architekturtheorie.eu/?id=media_centre&sub_id=podcast&det_id=1&lang=DE&PHPSESSID=73a0b8bee3f624def067de6c1e2420a8&archive_id=251&cmd=start&PHPSESSID=73a0b8bee3f624def067de6c1e2420a8

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