http://KenzoTange A world guide for architecture and travel. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.checkonsite.com/yoyogi-national-gymnasium/comment-page-1/#comment-127 LT Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:24:53 +0000 http://www.checkonsite.com/?p=1898#comment-127 Across the Inokashira Avenue from the Yoyogi Park, this stadium was designed by Kenzo Tange, Japan's foremost postwar architect. Built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, its awesome and daring shell-like steel-suspension roofing has earned it a spot in the Japanese Ministry of Construction's Top 100 Public Structures of Japan. The stadium seats 8,000 and is used for concerts, mostly rock, as well as sporting events. Across the Inokashira Avenue from the Yoyogi Park, this stadium was designed by Kenzo Tange, Japan’s foremost postwar architect. Built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, its awesome and daring shell-like steel-suspension roofing has earned it a spot in the Japanese Ministry of Construction’s Top 100 Public Structures of Japan. The stadium seats 8,000 and is used for concerts, mostly rock, as well as sporting events.

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