Mar 01, 1911Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, JapanDied on 02 Apr 1994 (aged 83)Pisces
About Uz Nishiyama
Uzo Nishiyama (?? ??, Nishiyama Uzo, March 1, 1911 – April 2, 1994) was a Japanese modernist architect, city planner, and architectural scholar.
He is noted for his application of methods of scientific research to the study of architecture and urban planning.
Nishiyama served as a professor at Kyoto University for over 25 years, and produced a number of seminal writings on architectural theory. The Uzo Nishiyama Memorial Library in Kyoto, which specializes in works relating to architecture and urban planning, is named after Nishiyama.