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Kenzo Tange: the 100th Anniversary of his Birth Doodle
September 4th, 2013 – “Kenzo Tange: the 100th Anniversary of his Birth Doodle” will appear on the Google Japan website.
photo from Tange Associates
On September 4th, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Kenzo Tange, who founded Kenzo Tange Studio in 1946 and designed over 330 buildings and master plans in 31 countries. Tange Associates continues his legacy today.
To commemorate his great achievements, the Doodle will appear on the opening page of Google Japan from 0:00 to 23:59 today. Please access the Google Japan website and enjoy the Doodle, specially designed for this occasion.
http://www.google.co.jp/
Tange Associates
photo from Tange Associates
What is Doodle?
It is a Google logo design on the opening page, specially designed to commemorate a public holiday, memorial day, or anniversary of the birth of a notable public figure.
http://www.google.com/doodles
Information from this Japanese architectural practice.
Kenzo Tange
Pritzker Prize Architects – Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 1987
Kenzo was born in Imabari, Shikoku Island, Japan
Architect students of Kenzo include celebrated Japanese designers Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki & Kisho Kurokawa
Major Architecture Projects
Buildings / Designs by Kenzo Tange, alphabetical:
Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Date built: –
Ehime Prefectural Culture Center, Japan
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GB Building, Singapore
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Hiroshima Peace Park & Centre, Japan
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photo from Tange Associates
aka Hiroshima Peace Center
Imabari City Public Hall, Japan
Date built: –
photo from Tange Associates
Minneapolis Art Museum Expansion, USA
Date built: 1975
Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore
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National Gymnasiums for Tokyo Olympics, Japan
photo from Tange Associates
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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“Wakodo no Hiroba”(Youth Plaza), Minami Awaji City, Japan
Date built: 1966
photo from Tange Associates
Memorial for Students who Perished in the War
Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
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More projects by this architect online soon
Kenzo Tange Buildings
Architecture Projects by Kenzo Tange in full, alphabetical:
Catania new town, Italy
Date built: 1967
Fiera District plan, Bologna, Italy
Date built: 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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National Gymnasium, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
Dates built: 1961-64
Olivetti headquarters, Japan
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Plan for Tokyo
Date built: 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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More architecture projects by this Japanese architect online soon
Location: Tokyo, Japan, eastern Asia
Japanese Architect Practice Information
This celebrated Japanese architect office was based in Tokyo.
Kenzo was born in Osaka in 1913 and died in Tokyo in 2005.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum building design, 1955, photo taken in May 2012:
photo : BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Education
Tokyo University Architecture Department, Japan
1935-
Teaching
Tokyo University, Japan – Assistant professor
1946
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – guest professor
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Practice
Tange Laboratory established
1946
Japanese Architectural Designs
Contemporary Architecture in Japan – architectural selection belo
Buildings / photos for the Kenzo Tange Architecture page welcome