Kenzō Tange (1913

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Biography

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II.

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The story of Kenzō Tange, told in moments.

1955 Event

Completed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. A concrete building raised on pilotis over a park where the bomb fell. It framed the A-bomb Dome in the distance. Architecture as memorial.

What does it mean to build a memorial where the bomb fell? Did framing the A-bomb Dome feel like architecture or grief? Was the Peace Memorial Museum your most important building?

1964 Event

Designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the Tokyo Olympics. Swooping suspended roofs held by steel cables. It merged traditional Japanese forms with modernist engineering. Widely considered his masterpiece.

How do you merge traditional Japanese forms with modernist engineering? Did the Tokyo Olympics feel like Japan's reintroduction to the world? Is Yoyogi your masterpiece?

1987 Life

Won the Pritzker Prize. His Tokyo master plan of 1960, which proposed extending the city into the bay on a linear axis, was never built but influenced urban planning worldwide.

Was the Pritzker Prize recognition for one building or a career? Did the unbuilt Tokyo master plan frustrate or free you? What does it mean to influence urban planning without building?

Artifacts (13)

Ise, Prototype of Japanese Architecture

Bruno Taut ranks the Ise Shrine with the Parthenon in architectural importance. John Burchard, in his preface, characterizes Ise as "one of the great architectural achievements of history. ... I...

1965

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Children are brought up in the way in which their elders were brought up

was reportedly fond of the city, but information on his early childhood is scarce. About education, Saladin wrote, "Children are brought up in the way in which their elders were brought up". According...

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Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture. Architecture in Japan

1960

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Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture

1960

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Work of Kenzo Tange

1961

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Kenzo Tange, 1946-1969: Architecture and Urban Design

1970

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Kenzo Tange & URIEC.

1971

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Works of Kenzo Tange and Urtec

1981

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Kenzo Tange and URTEC

1982

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Recollections: Architect Kenzo Tange

1986

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Kenzo Tange Associates

1987

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Kenzo Tange : obras y projectos

1989

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Architettura E Disegno Urbano

1996

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