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Tange
/ 藞迟忙艐伞蓹 /
noun
- TangeKenzo19132005MJapaneseARCHITECTURE: architect Kenzo. 1913鈥2005, Japanese architect. His buildings include the Kurashiki city hall (1960) and St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo (1962鈥64)
Example Sentences
But interest in Le Corbusier鈥檚 work brought such leading architects and designers as Kenzo Tange and Buckminster Fuller to Ahmedabad, giving Mr. Doshi a wealth of connections abroad.
He became a protege of renowned modernist architect Kenzo Tange before opening his own office in Tokyo in 1963.
The building was part of a postwar boom in civic structures across Japan, but none of those, even ones designed by Tange himself, has surpassed this masterpiece.
Lambiasi joked that many engineers working with Tange 鈥渆arned PhDs鈥 trying to turn his designs into reality.
Built by the late-architect Kenzo Tange, the masterpiece was the venue for swimming and is slated to be used for handball next year in Tokyo.
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