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Yoshimura, Junzo
(b 1908). Japanese architect and teacher. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Tokyo School of Art in 1931 and joined the architectural planning office of Antonin Raymond, where he worked until establishing his own office in Tokyo in 1941. He began to teach at the Tokyo School of Art in 1945, becoming a full professor there in 1962. Yoshimura’s innovative design approach is clearly demonstrated in his residential projects: their unusual qualities of calmness and harmony are best explained by his primary concern for the needs of the people who would live in them. He used traditional materials and techniques and created intimate spaces with low ceilings. His design philosophy was expressed by his stated satisfaction at seeing that his buildings offered users a comfortable lifestyle. His major works include the Terada Residence (1967), Chigasaki; Inokuma Residence (1971), Tokyo; Japan House (1971), New York; Nara National Museum (1973), Nara; and Aichi Prefectural University of Art (1974), Nagakute.
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