Shoji Sadao
Japanese American architect (1927-2019)
Shoji Sadao (贞夫翔二, December 20, 1926 – November 2, 2019) was a Japanese American architect. He was best known for his work with R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi.[1] During World War II he was stationed in Germany and was a cartographer for the United States Army. In 1964 Sadao co-founded the architectural firm Fuller & Sadao Inc., whose first project was to design the large geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal.[2][3] He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Sadao died on November 3, 2019 in Tokyo from heart and kidney failure, aged 92.[4]
References
change- ↑ Aloi, Daniel (September 27, 2012). "Multimedia event profiles R. Buckminster Fuller". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ↑ Sanford, John (January 9, 2002). "Green Library exhibition documents collaboration between Fuller, architect Shoji Sadao". Stanford Report. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Shoji Sadao". World Resources SIM Center. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ "Shoji Sadao, Quiet Hand Behind Two Visionaries, Dies at 92". The New York Times. November 14, 2019.
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