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Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute

Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute
Founded in Honor of World-Renowned Architect

An American university is honoring the late globally acclaimed architect Dr. Kisho Kurokawa with the founding of an environmental institute in his name.

Anaheim University, based in California, has established the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute in tribute to Dr. Kurokawa, who was known throughout the architectural world for award-winning designs, many based on themes including ecology and recycling, and for leading the Metabolist Movement and developing the theory of “Symbiosis.”

The Green Institute, which was the idea of Dr. Kurokawa, will offer programs promoting environmental sustainability worldwide.

These programs will include an online MBA in Sustainable Management, named the “Green MBA,” as well as short-term certificate programs and seminars in sustainability. Areas covered will be triple bottom line accounting and management, green marketing, recycling, environmental product design, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable enterprise development. All programs will focus on the so-called three Ps of people, planet, and profit and will prepare professionals to make effective management decisions and to look at the impact of those management decisions on environmental and social issues.

The Institute’s creation represents the fulfillment of a long-standing relationship between Dr. Kurokawa and Anaheim University, which specializes in online education. Dr. Kurokawa was the founding member of Anaheim University’s Executive Advisory Board and was Chair of the University’s International Advisory Council from 2001 until his passing last year. Dr. Kurokawa’s widow, Ayako Kurokawa, will serve as the Institute’s Honorary Chairman.

Dr. Kurokawa’s major works include the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, the National Art Center in Tokyo’s Roppongi district, the new wing of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Toyota Stadium built for the 2002 World Cup, the Astana Master Plan for the New Capital of Kazakhstan and the Eco-Media City Project Plan for Zhengzhou City, China.

Dr. Kurokawa’s design of the Kuala Lumpur airport won the 2003/2004 grand prix by Italy’s Dedalo-Minosse International Prize, and was also certified as a sustainable airport by the United Nations’ Green Globe 21 in 2003. Dr. Kurokawa’s numerous awards include the Gold Medal from France’s Academy of Architecture in 1986, the 48th Japan Art Academy Award in 1992 (the highest award for artists and architects in Japan), the AIA Los Angeles Pacific Rim Award in 1997, and most recently the Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Award in 2006. His traveling exhibition “Kisho Kurokawa” has been viewed by over 800,000 people, and he was the first Japanese architect to become an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Union of Architects in Bulgaria.

Anaheim University was founded in 1996 and has locations in Anaheim, CA; Irvine, CA, and Tokyo, Japan. The university offers educational programs in business and education.

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