Pritzker-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki dies aged 91

Architect Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died (Kyodo News via AP/PA)

Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died aged 91.

Isozaki died on Wednesday at his home on Japan’s southern island Okinawa, according to the art magazine Bijutsu Techo. It reported that he died of old age.