Designer · Japan · 1913–2005
Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange (1913–2005) – Japanese architect, designer of Tokyo’s National Gymnasium (1964) and city hall (1991), Pritzker winner (1987).
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1913–2005
- Country
- Japan
Kenzo Tange was born in 1913 in Osaka and died in 2005 in Tokyo. From 1935–1938 he studied at the University of Tokyo; from 1942–1945 he continued his postgraduate studies there, and in 1959 he obtained his doctorate there.
His most important works include: Kagawa Prefectural Government Office (1958), Kurashiki City Hall (1960), the National Gymnasium in Tokyo, built for the 1964 Summer Olympics, the Yamanashi Broadcasting station building (1967), Sogetsu headquarters (1977) and the new Tokyo City Hall (1991).
Tange received numerous distinctions from the architectural community: the Royal Gold Medal awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (1965), the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) (1966), the Pritzker Prize (1987) and the Japanese Praemium Imperiale award (1993).
