Kenzo Tange – Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 1987

born in Imabari, Shikoku Island, Japan

Education:
Tokyo University architecture Department
1935-

Teaching:
Tokyo University - Assistant professor
1946
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - guest professor
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Practice:
Tange Laboratory established
1946

Major Projects (chronological):

Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
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Ehime Prefectural Culture Center, Japan
- GB Building, Singapore
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Hiroshima Peace Park & Centre, Japan
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Minneapolis Art Museum Expansion, USA
1975
Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore
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Olivetti headquarters, Japan
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Overseas Union Bank, Singapore
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Telecommunications Centre, Singapore
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Tokyo City Hall Complex, Japan
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Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
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More projects online very soon



Practice: office was based in Tokyo

Tokyo Architect

Japanese Buildings

Projects (alphabetical):
Catania new town, Italy
1967
Fiera District plan, Bologna, Italy
1967
Hanae Mori Building, Japan
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial reconstruction, Japan
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Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History, Japan
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Olivetti headquarters, Japan
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Plan for Tokyo
1960
Sogetsu Center, Japan
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Tohin School, Japan
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Tokyo Cathedral of Saint Mary
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United Nations University Headquarters, Tokyo
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Yamanishi Broadcasting & Press Center, Kofu, Japan
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Students include Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki & Kisho Kurokawa

Tokyo Houses



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