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Kenzo Tange

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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. Kenzo Tange was also an influential protagonist of the structuralist movement. He said: “It was, I believe, around 1959 or at the beginning of the sixties that I began to think about what I was later to call structuralism”, (cited in Plan 2/1982, Amsterdam).

Influenced from an early age by the Swiss modernist, Le Corbusier, he gained international recognition in 1949 when he won the competition for the design of Peace Memorial Park. Joining the group of architects known as Team X in the late 1950s he steered the group towards the movement that became Metabolism.

His university studies into urbanism put him in an ideal position for post war redevelopment. This was explored in designs for Tokyo and Skopje. His work influenced a generation of architects across the world.

Awards: 1987 Pritzker Prize

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