In 1996 his "Tensegrity Modeling Manual" was awarded the Salon de Printemps Prize.
Narukawa founded AuthaGraph Co., Ltd in 2009, after working at the Arnhem Academy of Architecture, and Sasaki Structural Consultants.
[citation needed] Since 2015, he is an associate professor at Keio University, Tokyo in the Environment and Information department.
[2] The manual enables the construction of tensegrity structural models without complicated calculations or difficult fabrication techniques by a single person.
[citation needed] The AuthaGraph projection method can convert an omnidirectional view and a full spherical image, such as a globe, on a rectangular flat display without gaps and overlaps.