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Kenzō Tange

1913 - 2005

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Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō; 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005) was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan. He first achieved recognition for his projects to reconstruct the destroyed cities of postwar Japan, particularly Hiroshima, where he designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. His engagement with the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in the 1950s made him one of the first Japanese architects to achieve international recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenzō Tange is the 43rd most popular architect (down from 41st in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Architect.

Kenzō Tange is most famous for his design of the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kenzō Tange ranks 43 out of 518. Before him are Peter Behrens, Ictinus, Jørn Utzon, Hippodamus of Miletus, Tadao Ando, and Vladimir Tatlin. After him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Callicrates, Giacomo della Porta, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Marcel Breuer, and Arnolfo di Cambio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Kenzō Tange ranks 29. Before him are Benjamin Britten, Sabiha Gökçen, Bill Hewlett, Silvio Piola, Paul Erdős, and Roger Garaudy. After him are Lon Nol, Carmen Amaya, Albert Ellis, William Tolbert, Wolfgang Paul, and Trevor Howard. Among people deceased in 2005, Kenzō Tange ranks 21. Before him are Rafic Hariri, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Omar Sívori, Zhao Ziyang, Saul Bellow, and Sister Lúcia. After him are Anne Bancroft, Jack Kilby, Joseph Rotblat, Ernst Mayr, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Ezer Weizman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenzō Tange ranks 73 out of 6,245. Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), Tadao Ando (1941), Soichiro Honda (1906), and Chūichi Nagumo (1887). After him are Nichiren (1222), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Shirō Ishii (1892), and Sei Shōnagon (966).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Kenzō Tange ranks 2. Before him are Tadao Ando (1941). After him are Arata Isozaki (1931), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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