Takehiko Nagakura, PH.D
  1999-   Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1996    Ph.D. in Architecture, Harvard University
  1994    Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Planning
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1993    Lecturer, School of Architecture and Planning
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1993    Instructor, Faculty of Design, Harvard University
  1990-   Co-founder of an architectural firm in Tokyo
  1988    Master of Engineering in Architecture, Tokyo University
  1987    Master of Architecture (first professional degree), Harvard University
  1985    Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture, Tokyo University


Certificate
  First Class Registration of Architect (Tokyo, Japan)

Exhibitions
  
  The Unbuilt Monuments (AIA Gallery, Portland, Oregon, January 4-26, 2001)

  The Unbuilt (The Gilbert B. Friesen Visitors' Gallery, Geffen Contemporary, 
  Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, June-September, 2000)

  The Unbuilt Monuments (The Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts,
  San Francisco, March 20-May 13, 2000)

  Space Barcoder and Gushikawa Orchid Center Headquarter Project (installation in
  The 17th Exhibition of SD Review Wining Architectural Models and Drawings 
  organized by Space and Design Magazine, Tokyo, September 1998 and Osaka, 
  October 1998)

  The Unbuilt (special featured computer graphics installation by Nagakura's MIT 
  group in collaboration with Kent Larson and five MIT students in the End of the
  century Exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, administered by 
  Museum of Contemporary Art at Los Angels, July 1998)

  The Digitarama (computer graphics installation in the Virtual Architecture 
  Show, Tokyo University Digital Museum, June 1997)

Screening Events Participated

  Fantasy Architecture (screening of The Danteum and the Tatlin's Tower
  at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art organized by Royal Institute of
  British Architecture (30 April - 3 July, 2004)

  Anniversary Event (special featured screening of the Unbuilt Monuments
  [Viewing this slide show requires Internet Explorer v6 or higher], 
  Architekturmuseum der Technishen Universitat, Munchen, September 16, 2003)   

  IMAGE (screening of Altstetten Church, Firenze, Italy, October 2-5, 2003)

  Fantoche 4.  Animation Film Festival (screening of the Danteum and Firminy Church,
  Baden, Switzerland, September 13-14, 2003)

  Transvisual Girona 2003 (screening of the Drive-in House, Sala Girona
  Fundacio la Caixa, Spain, April 23 - June 1, 2003)

  Konstruktion und Raum in der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts (screening of the 
  Palace of Soviets and Tatlin's Tower, Architekturmuseum der Technishen Universitat,
  Munchen, Setember 2002 - February, 2003)

  Architecturanimation a+a (screening of the Danteum, Barcelona, June 18-22, 2002)
 
  CG2000 (screening of The Danteum and Tatlin's Tower, Toppan Plaza 21, Tokyo, 
  June 12 - July 14, 2000)
  
  Saint Petersburg, City on the Water (screening of Tatlin's Tower, the University 
  Galleries at Florida Atlantic University, February-April 2000, collaborative work 
  with Andrzej Zarzycki, Dan Brick and Mark Sich)

  IMAGE, the 4th International Festival for Architecture in Video (screening of
  the Danteum, Florence, December, 1999)

  12th Virginia Film Fes tival (screening of the Danteum and the Palace of Soviets,
  Virginia University School of Architecture Exhibit, October, 1999)
 
  AES Japan Convention (screening of Danteum and Palace of Soviets, special 
  featured computer graphics exhibit by Nagakura in collaboration with Shin Baba 
  in AES Japan Convention, Tokyo, August, 1999)

  La Nuit de L'Architecture Virtuelle (screening of the Danteum and the Palace of
  Soviets, special featured computer graphics exhibit by Nagakura in collaboration 
  with Shin Baba, Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Val-de-Marne, Paris, June 10, 1999)

Awards
  Third Prize, Prix Pixel-INA Science Division, 19th Edition of Imagina, (For 
  The Palace of Soviets in collaboration with Shinsuke Baba, Monaco, January, 2000)

  Grand Prize, Information Culture Society Awards, Tokyo, 11.1999 

  Nikkei Kyushyu District New Office Award (for office design of Gushikawa
  Orchid Center), Nikkei-BP Corporation and Ministry of Trade and Industry, 
  Kyushyu, September, 1999

  SD Review Award (for Gushikawa Orchid Center), Space and Design Magazine, 
  Tokyo, 9.1998

  Mitsui Career Development Professorship, Massachusetts Institute of 
  Technology, 1998

  Special Mention Prize, Competition Entry for Maison de la culture du Japon a 
  Paris (co-designed entry with Shiro Matsushima and Akira Yoneda)

  Computer Graphics Award (1987, Harvard University Graduate School of Design)

  Ishizaka Memorial Scholarship (1985-7, Japanese Federation of Economic 
  Institutions)

  Tatsuno Memorial Award (1985, Undergraduate Thesis, Tokyo University)

Publications by Takehiko Nagakura
  "What is Design Technology? Part 3", article for Shinkenchiku, September, 2000

  "What is Design Technology? Part 2", article for Shinkenchiku, August, 2000

  "What is Design Technology? Part 1", article for Shinkenchiku, July, 2000

  "The Danteum's Paradise" (article for A+U), A and U, Tokyo, February, 2000
  
  "The Danteum" (Short Presentation and Demo, Eurographics 99, Milan, September, 1999)

  "A Letter from Abroad" (an interview), Global Architecture, Japan, November, 1997
  "DIGITARAMA" (an article for the catalogue of the Virtual Architecture Show)
  Tokyo University Museum Press, June 1997)

  Computer Graphics illustrations for Wiiliam Mitchell's article on Future CAD
  (APPROACH, May, 1997)

  Computer Graphics illustrations for Micheal Webb's article on Drive-in House
  (Architectural Design, Septermber, 1996)

  "Architectural Form and Computation" (article for Journal of Architecture
  and Building Science), Architectural Institute of Japan, June, 1996

  "Digital Pinup Board", (article for Virtual Design Studio), co-authored, Hong
  Kong University Press, 1995

  "Architect's Grammar" (article for Journal of Architecture and Building
  Science), Architectural Institute of Japan, May, 1992

  Kenchiku no Keitai Gengo (Japanese translation of The Logic of Architecture,
  William Mitchell, M.I.T. Press), Kajima Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1991

  "From Representation To Reification"(article for Kenchiku-Bunka), Shokoku-sha,
  Tokyo, June, 1991

  "Shape Recognition and Transformation" (Chapter 10,  The Electronic Design
  Studio), M.I.T. Press, 1990

  Gendai Kenchiku no Hassou (Ideas in Contemporary Architecture), co-authored,
  Maruzen Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1989

Publications about Takehiko Nagakura

  "Deskrama", Computer Graphics Magazine, China, December 2006, (pp 96-97)

  "Nieistniejace zabytki -Filmy o legendarnych projektach-", Architektura & Biznes,
  Firma Wydawniczo-Reklamowa, Poland, May 2003, (pp 50-55)

  "Animation Tatlin-Turm Sankt Petersburg", Konstruktion und Raum in der 
  Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts, Prestel, Munchen, (pp 70-71) 
  
  "Takehiko Nagakura", Architecture NOW, Philip Jodidio, Taschen, Koln,
  2001 (pp 428-437)

  "Unbuilt Monuments", Impossible Worlds, Birkhauser, London, 2001 (pp
  192-195)

  "Unbuilt Monuments", *Surface, Issue No. 24, 2000 (p48)

  "Gushikawa Orchid Center", Shinkenchiku, Tokyo, March, 2000 (pp116-125)

  "Gushikawa Orchid Center", GA Japan, Tokyo, March, 2000 (pp102-113)
  
  "T. Nagakura, Projets Legendaires Virtuels" (pp110-118), L'architecture 
  D'aujourd'Hui, 324, Paris, Septembre-Octobre 1999

  "Unbuilt to Last", Metropolis, June 1999 (pp114-117)

  "Unbuilt Architecture and Radiosity", Nikkei Computer Graphics, Tokyo, May 1999 
  (cover,p10, pp90-91)

  "Multimedia Arts Plastiques Et Architecture", Connaissance Des Arts, Paris, April 
  1999 (p5,pp110-115)

  "Gushikawa Orchid Center", Space and Design, Tokyo, December 1998 (pp36-38)

  "Visualization of Mirage Architecture", Nikkei Architecture, Tokyo, August, 1998 (pp34-35)

Built Projects
  Gushikawa Orchid Center Headquarter Building, Okinawa, Japan, completed in 
  June 1999

Architectural Projects
  New York Buddhist Church Renovation Project, New York, New York, Competition Entry, January 2007 


Computer Graphics and Multimedia Projects
  Predictive visualization of architecture in Azhar Park, Cairo, Egypt 
  at the request of Aga Kahn Foundation (December, 2003)

  The Altstetten Church -adopted from the project of Alvar Aalto- (computer
  graphics videography production in collaboration with Franco Vairani and
  Andrzej Zarzycki, 2003)

  Courthouse With Curved Elements -from Mies van der Rohe's Sketch-(computer
  graphics videography production in collaboration with Stephen Duck, accepted 
  for screegning at SIGGRAPH 2001, Animation Theater, 
   SIGGRAPH Video Proceeding Issue 140 )

  Tatlin's Tower - Monument  to the Third International - (computer graphics 
  videography production in collaboration with Andrzej Zarzycki, Dan Brick, Mark
  Sich, accepted for screening at SIGGRAPH 99, Animation Theater,
   SIGGRAPH Video Proceeding Issue 132 )

  Drive-in House - adopted from the project of Michael Webb - (computer graphics 
  videography production in collaboration with Marios Christodoulides, accepted 
  for screening at SIGGRAPH 99, Animation Theater,
   SIGGRAPH Video Proceeding Issue 132 )

  The Palace of Soviets - Le Corbusier's Competition Entry - (computer graphics 
  videography production in collaboration with Shin Baba, accepted for screening 
  at SIGGRAPH 99, Animation Theater,
   SIGGRAPH Video Proceeding Issue 132 )

  The Danteum of Giuseppe Terragni and Pietro Lingeri (computer graphics 
  videography, accepted for screening at SIGGRAPH 98, Animation Theater
   SIGGRAPH Video Proceeding Issue 128 )
  
  The Danteum of Giuseppe Terragni and Pietro Lingeri (computer graphics 
  videography, accepted for screening at Eurograhpics 99, Small Paper and Demo, 
  Milan, Septermber 1999)

  The DIGITARMA (a paper on a multi-media projection system presented at 
  SIGGRAPH 98, Art and Multimedia SKETCH)

Public Lectures 
  Arkansas State University, Department of Architecture (January, 2002)

  Portland State University, Department of Architecture (January, 2001)

TV Introduction and Appearance
  The Greater Boston Arts (WGBH Boston, PBS, Channel 2 and 44, 10.200)

  Da Vinchi's Prediction (TV Asahi Network, Channel 10, Japan, 03.25.2000)

  The Danteum (Bell' Italia, Channel 3, Italy, 12.06.1999)

Newspaper/Magazine Reviews
  "Unbuilt but Still Dazzling", David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, March 31, 2000

  "Realizing the Unrealized of Modernism", Randy Gragg, The Sunday Oregonian, January 14, 2001