Architect - Kenzo Tange

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About Architect - Kenzo Tange

Kenzo Tange (丹下健三, Tange Kenzō; September 4, 1913 - March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 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.
In 1913, Tange was born in Sakai, Osaka. In 1935, Tange entered the Architecture Department of the University of Tokyo, and became an assistant professor there in 1946.
In 1949, he won the competition to re-design Hiroshima, following its atomic bombing in 1945. His design for the Peace Park and Peace Memorial owes much to Le Corbusier, and is often called "the spiritual core of the city"[citation needed]. One reason Tange gave for applying for the job was that as a secondary student he had studied in the city.
Tange won international fame for his design for the gymnasium for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His Pritzker Prize citation described it as "among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century".
He was also known for his "Tokyo Plan" of 1960, which proposed a radical redesign of the city. Although not fully implemented, it influenced architects worldwide.
In 2005, his funeral was held in one of his works, Tokyo Cathedral.

Selected projects
* 2005: Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School, Singapore
* 2003: The Linear - Private Apartments, Singapore
* 2000: Tokyo Dome Hotel
* 2000: Kagawa Prefectural Government Building the main offices, Takamatsu, Kagawa
* 1998: WKC Centre For Health Development, Kobe, Hyōgo
* 1998: University of Bahrain, Sakhir, Bahrain
* 1996: Fuji Television Building, Odaiba, Tokyo
* 1991: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku
* 1987: American Medical Association Headquarters Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
* 1986: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
* 1979: Hanae Mori Building Aoyama, Tokyo
* 1970: Site of Expo '70, Suita, Osaka
* 1966: Master plan for rebuilding of Skopje, Macedonia after the 1963 earthquake
* 1964: Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the 1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo
* 1960: Kurashiki City Hall, Kurashiki, Okayama
* 1958: Kagawa Prefectural Government Building the east offices, Takamatsu, Kagawa
* 1957: (Former) Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Yūrakuchō
* 1955: St. Mary's Cathedral (Tokyo Cathedral) (Roman Catholic), Tokyo
* 1955: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima