Kenzō Tange
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Tange.
Kenzo Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō, September 4, 1913 – March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect and professor at the University of Tokyo. He was the 1987 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.[1]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kenzo Tange |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Birth date | September 4, 1913 |
| Birth place | Osaka, Japan |
| Date of death | March 22, 2005 |
| Place of death | Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | The University of Tokyo |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Plan for Skopje, Tokyo Olympic arenas, St Mary's Cathedral |
| Awards | RIBA Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, Order of Culture, Order of Sacred Treasure |
Early life
Tange was born in Osaka. He grew up in the small city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in 1913.[1][2]
Tange studied film at Nihon University to avoid joining the military.
In 1935, he began studying architecture at the University of Tokyo. Hideto Kishida and Shozo Uchida were two of his teachers.[3]
Career
Tange won a contest to design the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere Memorial Hall in 1942.
After the war, he became a professor at the University of Tokyo and taught such architects as Arata Isozaki, Koji Kamiya, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki and Sachio Otani.[1]
Tange was in charge of the rebuilding Hiroshima after World War II.[1] He designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
In 1959-60 Tange was a founding member of the architectural movement called Metabolism.
In 1987, Tange won the Pritzker Prize.[1]
Honors
- RIBA Gold Medal, UK
- AIA Gold Medal, US
- Legion of Honour, France
- Order of Culture, Japan
- Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan
Gallery
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (1982)
OUB Centre in Singapore (1986)
UOB Plaza in Singapore (1992)
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Fuji Television Building in Odaiba, Tokyo (1996)
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Kagawa Prefectural Government Building main office (2000)
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The building of the National bank of Macedonia
Kenzō Tange Media
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum showing axis with cenotaph and A-bomb dome (1955)
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, view along axis (1955)
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Cenotaph, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
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内宮(Naikū)新殿舎が完成した際の空撮写真。上が新殿舎、下が旧殿舎。
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Kenzō Tange's own house (1953)
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Kurashiki City Hall, now used as the Kurashiki Art Museum
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium (1964)
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Plan for the reconstruction of Skopje, 1963
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The Supreme Court Building, Islamabad
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Osaka Expo Festival Plaza (1970)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Kenzo Tange, 1987 Laureate, Biography"; retrieved 2012-3-1. Archived version.
- ↑ Obituary: Kenzo Tange. March 23, 2005. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/23/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1.
- ↑ Stewart, Dennis B (2002). The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki. New York, United States: Kodansha International. ISBN 4-770-02933-0.