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.
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Defining ContributionPostwar Japanese modernism; Hiroshima Peace Park and the Yoyogi gymnasiums 2 Classification
AwardPritzker Architecture Prize 1 Kenzo Tange
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Associated With
AIA Gold Medal recipient 1966
Kenzo Tange hosted and mentored the founding 1960 Tokyo World Design Conference where Metabolism launched.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient 1965
In Style
Source Kenzō Tange (Wikipedia)
Influenced By
Source Wikipedia: Kenzo Tange
Works Designed
Kenzo Tanges twin-tower Tokyo city hall complex, completed 1991.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, nationality there.
Sources
1. Pritzker Architecture Prize (Wikipedia)
LaureatesQuote, Laureates
1987 laureate, Pritzker Architecture Prize official laureate list (pritzkerprize.com/laureates)
2. Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site
3. Encyclopedia Britannica
Wikipedia: Kenzo Tange
Influenced By: Le Corbusier, Article introductionQuote, Influenced By: Le Corbusier, Article introduction
Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier
Kenzō Tange (Wikipedia)
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