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As one of the eldest in a long line of architects that have made Japan one of the most revered countries in architecture, Pritzker-Prize Winning architect Kenzo Tange (4/9//3/) helped define Japan’s post-WWII emergence into Modernism. Teacher, writer, architect, and urban planner, he is revered not only for his own work but also for his influence on younger architects. His stadiums for the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in are often described as among the most beautiful structures built in the 20th century.
By Dimitris Lempesis
Kenzo Tange was born in (4/9/13 in the town of Imabari on Shikoku, the smallest of the four principal islands in the Japanese archipelago. Although becoming an architect was beyond his wildest dreams as a boy, it was Le Corbusier’s work that stirred his imagination so that in , he became a student in the Architecture Department of Tokyo University. He received his degree in architecture in and returned to the university to do graduate studies in urban pl
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Kenzō Tange
Japanese architect (–)
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| Born | ()4 September Sakai, Japan |
| Died | 22 March () (aged&#;91) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma&#;mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Architect |
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Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō, 4 September – 22 March )[1] was a Japanese architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents. His career spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century, producing numerous distinctive buildings in Tokyo, other cities both in Japan and around the world, as well as ambitious physical plans for Tokyo and it
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KENZO TANGE
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Tokyo Imperial University
Admired Le Corbusier and joined the architectural design office of his pupil Kunio Maekawa.
Enrolled in graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University in , and, after graduating, taught at his alma mater from to ; then established and became president of Tange Laboratory. Besides cultivating excellent personnel including Takashi Asada, Sachio Otani, Taneo Oki, Koji Kamiya, Fumihiko Maki, Arata Isozaki, Kisho Kurokawa, and Yoshio Taniguchi, he was involved in education all over the world at institutions such as the Polytechnic University of Milan, Harvard University, and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Won first place in the design competition for Peace Memorial Park and Museum held by Hiroshima City.
Invited to CIAM (Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne) where he prese