Shimoda Kikutaro
Kikutarō Shimoda | |
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Shimoda Kikutarō | |
| Born | June 14, 1866 |
| Died | December 26, 1931 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | American (Naturalised) |
| Other names | George Shimoda |
| Alma mater | Imperial College of Engineering (incomplete) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | A. Page Brown D. H. Burnham & Company Offices of G.K. Shimoda (Chicago) Shimoda Chikusō Gōshi Kaisha |
| Buildings | Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Nagasaki, Japan Tor Hotel, Kobe Shanghai Club Building (Interior) |
| Design | Imperial Crown Amalgamate Style |
Shimoda Kikutarō (Japanese: 下田 菊太郎; 2 May 1866 – 26 December 1931) was an architect who created the prototype of the Imperial Crown Style for the Empire of Japan. He was a native of Akita, in northern Honshu, and moved to Tokyo in 1881, when he was fifteen. At Keio University, he enrolled in an architecture course under Josiah Conder.