Architect

Masashi Morimoto

Representative Director and Managing Architect of Morimoto Architects Associates, Inc.
First-class Registered Architect (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Registration No. 301771), Welfare and Housing Environment Coordinator Level 2, JIA Registered Architect (20403115)

Affiliations: Japan Institute of Architects, Architectural Institute of Japan, Mie Prefecture Society of Architects

1974

Born in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture

1992

Graduated from Mie Prefectural Tsu High School

1996

Graduated from Kyoto Institute of Technology, Department of Design, Faculty of Crafts

1998

Graduated from Kyoto Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Crafts and Design (Kazuo Kishi Laboratory)

1998-2008

Higashibata Architects & Engineers, Inc.
Main projects in charge
Media Center, Osaka University of Commerce (published in Kindai Kenchiku, September 2003)
Fujifilm Advanced Research Institute (Good Design Award)
Kanagawa Architectural Competition, Incentive Award
Takeda Pharmaceutical Training Institute and Accommodation Building (published in the October 2010 issue of Kindai Kenchiku)

2009-14

President of Masashi Morimoto Architects

2014-

Morimoto Architects Associates

2011-

Part-time lecturer at Kinki University College of Technology

2015-

Part-time lecturer at Osaka Sangyo University

2015-

Representative Director, Morimoto Architects Associates, Inc.

2022-

Chairman of JIA Mie Regional Association

Akihiro Morimoto

First Class Registered Architect (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Registration No. 103808), Interior Planner (Registration No. 90-45002), JIA Registered Architect (20401753).

Member of the following organizations: Japan Institute of Architects, Architectural Institute of Japan, Mie Prefecture Society of Architects

1949

Born in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture.

1967

Graduated from Tsu Technical High School

1972

Graduated from the Department of Architecture, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University

1972-1977

Worked at Watanabe Architects & Engineers

1978-2014

Morimoto Architects

1984-85

Part-time lecturer at Mie Prefectural Ueno Technical High School

1989-90

Part-time lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University

1991-92

Nabari City General Development Expert Committee Member

1996

Member of the Nabari City Land Use Master Plan Development Committee

2000-01

Member of the planning committee for the new Iga hometown municipal area plan

2004-05

Chairman of the Tokai Branch Mie Regional Association of the Japan Institute of Architects

2015-

Chairman of the Board, Morimoto Architects Associates, Inc.

Keiji Morimoto

First Class Registered Architect (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Registration No. 339763).
Affiliated Organization: Mie Prefecture Association of Architects and Building Engineers

1976

Born in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture

1994

Graduated from Tsu Nishi High School, Mie Prefecture

1999

Graduated from the Department of Architecture, School of Science and Engineering, Meiji University (Seizo Sakata Laboratory)

2001

Completed Master's program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meiji University (Giichi Kimura Laboratory)

2001-13

Worked at Irie Miyake Design Office Co.
Major properties in charge of
Bulex Kojimachi (featured in the April 2005 issue of Kindai Kenchiku)
New City Arena Tower (Kindai Kenchiku October 2008 issue and KJ December 2008 issue)
Mori Building, Toranomon 11, seismic retrofitting (in "Shinkenchiku Bessatsu 2012 Mori Building: From Architecture to the City").

2014-15

Morimoto Architects Associates, Inc.

2015-

Senior Managing Director, Morimoto Architects Associates, Inc.

2016-

Part-time lecturer at Kinki University College of Technology