Mamoru Yamada | |
Birth Date: | 1894 |
Death Date: | 1966 |
Birth Place: | Hashima, Gifu, Japan |
Occupation: | Architect |
Alma Mater: | Tokyo Imperial University |
Significant Buildings: | Tokyo Central Telegraph Office Tokai University Shonan Building Kyoto Tower Nippon Budokan |
was a Japanese architect. He obtained an engineering degree from the Tokyo Imperial University school of architecture, and with other students formed the Japan Secession Group, the first promoters of modern architecture in Japan. Works included the 1926 Central Telegraph Office in Tokyo (destroyed).[1] Later work included a number of structures associated with the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, including the Nippon Budokan (1964), Kyoto Tower (1964), as well as the Yamatokoriyama City Hall (1962)