Kenzo tange biography pdf

Japanese architect (1913–2005)

Kenzō Tange
Tange in Amsterdam, 1981
Born	(1913-09-04)4 September 1913 Sakai, Japan
Died	22 March 2005(2005-03-22) (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Occupation	Architect
Awards
Practice	1946 Tange Laboratory 1961 The Urbanists and Architects Team Kenzo Tange Associates
Buildings	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Plan for Skopje Tokyo Olympic arenas St Mary's Cathedral

Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō, 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005)^[1] 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. His career spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century, producing numerous distinctive buildings in Tokyo, other cities both in Japan and ar