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Article: Obituaries.(ARTWORLD)(Kenzo Tange)(Obituary)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Kenzo Tange, 91, Japan's leading architect in the postwar period, died Mar. 22 of heart failure. After graduating from architecture school in Tokyo, Tange worked for Kunio Maekawa, a major architect who had apprenticed to Le Corbusier. Tange and his own firm, in turn, mentored some of the most significant Japanese architects of the next generation, including Fumihiko Maki, Arata Isozaki and Kisho Kurokawa.
Among Tange's major works are the Hiroshima Peace Center (1946), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Center (1952-57) and its replacement, the high-rise New Tokyo City Hall (1991), and the spectacular swooping-roof gymnasiums for the Tokyo Olympics (1964). A ...