Hiroyuki Wakabayashi

Hiroyuki Wakabayashi (若林 広幸, Wakabayashi Hiroyuki; 1949 – 27 March 2026) was a Japanese architect.[1]

One of his first major notable works was a pickle shop in his native Kyoto in 1990, followed by Humax Pavilion in Tokyo's Shibuya. His 1995 design for the Rapi:t express train that links Osaka's Namba Station with Kansai International Airport won the Blue Ribbon Award. He has also designed Keihan Electric Railway's Uji Station (1995) and the Mainichi Shimbun offices in Kyoto (1999).

His work is exhibited internationally, notably at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.[2]

Wakabayashi died on 27 March 2026, at the age of 77.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kestenbaum, Jackie; Gallery, Wallach Art; Centre canadien d'architecture (1991). Emerging Japanese architects of the 1990s. Columbia University Press. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-0-231-07501-5. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Emerging Japanese Architects of the 1990s". cca.qc.ca. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "誰も見たことがない造形、追求　建築家・若林広幸さんしのぶ　／京都". Mainichi. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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