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Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange studied architecture at Tokyo University and established the Tange Laboratory after becoming an assistant professor in 1946.
Background & practice
Kenzo Tange studied architecture at Tokyo University and established the Tange Laboratory after becoming an assistant professor in 1946. His work includes Hiroshima's Peace Center and Park and research into large-city spatial structure. The official biography links that research with Plan for Tokyo 1960, a response to urban growth and change. His influence also extended through teaching, with younger architects such as Fumihiko Maki and Arata Isozaki among his students.
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Connect architectural design with research into how cities move, grow and change, bringing an understanding of traditional culture into the search for modern buildings and adaptable urban structures.
Architect, urban planner and teacher documented in the official biography.
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