Architects and Designers

Kenzo Tange

KEN-zoh TAHN-geh

Japanese Modern

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Architecture and Design Atlas. "Kenzo Tange." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/architects/kenzo-tange.

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Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). Kenzo Tange. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/architects/kenzo-tange

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-kenzo-tange,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {Kenzo Tange},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/architects/kenzo-tange},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Japanese architect, 1913 to 2005, who joined modern structure to Japanese tradition in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the sweeping suspended roofs of the Yoyogi National Gymnasiums for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Teacher of a generation and godfather of the Metabolist movement, he received the Pritzker Prize in 1987.

Facts

Birth Year

1913 1

Death Year

2005 2

Nationality

Japanese 1

Defining Contribution

Postwar Japanese modernism; Hiroshima Peace Park and the Yoyogi gymnasiums 1

Sources

1. Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site

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2. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

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