Kenzō Tange
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Tange.
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| Kenzo Tange | |
 Kenzo Tange in 1981 | |
| 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
- 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)
Fuji Television Building in Odaiba, Tokyo (1996)
Kagawa Prefectural Government Building main office (2000)
The building of the National bank of Macedonia
Kenzō Tange Media
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum showing axis with cenotaph and A-bomb dome (1955)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, view along axis (1955)
Cenotaph, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
Kenzō Tange's own house (1953)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (1964)
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The Supreme Court Building, Islamabad
Osaka Expo Festival Plaza (1970)
Hawaii Hochi (newspaper) Building in Honolulu Hawaii, 1975
Yamanashi Broadcasting and Press Centre (1966)
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.