Tange Kenzo

丹下健三

1913

September 4 born in Imabari, Shikoku Island

1935

started studying at The University of Tokyo, Architecture Department

1938

graduated from The University of Tokyo

1938-41

worked for Mayekawa Kunio

1942-45

completed doctor course at The University of Tokyo, Graduate School

1946

became an assistant professor at The University of Tokyo, his students include Maki Fumihiko, Kamiya Kohi, Isozaki Arata, Kurokawa Kisho, Oki Taneo, Hara Hiroshi

1959-60

Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

1961

established Kenzo Tange + Urtec, urbanists and architects, Tokyo

1963-74

Professor of urban engineering at The University of Tokyo, students include Taniguchi Yoshio

1972

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

2005

March 22 died in Tokio

office

Kenzo Tange + Urtec, urbanists and architects

7-2-21 Akasaka, Minato ward, Tokyo, Japan

former employees

	Otani Sachio
	Kawamura Junichi, Horikoshi Hidetsugu, Matsuoka Takeo, and Kidosaki Hirotaka

project list

1996	FCG BUIDLING - FUJI TELEBI, Minato ward, Tokyo
1994	SHINJUKU PARK TOWER, PARK HYATT HOTEL, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
1992	UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY HEADQUARTERS, Shibuya ward, Tokyo
1991	THE TOKYO CITY HALL COMPLEX, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
1989	YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
1982	HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY, Himeji city, Hyogo
1982	AKASAKA PRINCE HOTEL, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
1978	HANAE MORI BUILDING, Minato ward, Tokyo
1977	King's Palace and the Crown Prince's Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sogetsu Hall and Office, Tokyo Headquaters Building, Tokyo Turkish Embassy and Chancery, Tokyo
1976	Yarmouk University, Amman, Jordan (with Jafar Tukan and Partners) Bab-Ezzouar III University City, Algeria Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, Oran, Algeria King Faisal Foundation Headquarters Complex, Saudi Arabia Japanese Embassy, Mexico City (with Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and Manuel Rosen)
1975	New Presidential Palace, Damascus, Syria (with Mohammad Nofal) Imperial Iranian Embassy, Tokyo
1974	Sacred Garden of the Buddha's Birthplace, Lumbini, Nepal Farah Park Hotel, Tehran (with Mir-Djalali and Detail Consulting Company) Bulgarian Embassy and Chancery, Tokyo Minneapolis Arts Complex (with Parker Klein Associates)
1973	Andalouses Tourist Complex, Oran, Algeria Hokusetsu New Town Center, Hyogo
1972	Inner Harbor Residential Development, Baltimore (with Cochran, Stephenson and Donkervoet, and Parker Klein Associates)
1971	University, hospital, and dormitory, Oran, Algeria
1970	Press and Broadcasting Center, Shizuoka Master plan for Morioka city, Iwate Olivetti Technical Center, Kanagawa Master plan, trunk facilities, and Festival Plaza, Expo '70, Osaka Kuwait Embassy and Chancery, Tokyo
1969	International Air Terminal Building, Kuwait New Central Station, Skopje, Yugoslavia
1968	International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo
1967	SHIZUOKA PRESS AND BROADCASTING CENTER, Chuo ward, Tokyo DENTSU HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, Chuo ward, Tokyo YUKARI NURSERY SCHOOL, Setagaya ward, Tokyo University of the Sacred Heart, Taipei, Taiwan Press and Broadcasting Center, Yamanashi
1966	City Center Reconstruction Project, Skopje, Yugoslavia
1964	Prefectural Gymnasium, Kagawa SAINT MARY'S CATHEDRAL, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo NATIONAL GYMNASIUMS FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS, Shibuya ward, Tokyo Tsukiji Redevelopment Plan, Tokyo Ichinomiya Housing Project, Kagawa
1962	Nichinan Cultural Center, Miyazaki
1961	Totsuka Country Club House, Kanagawa
1960	Kurashiki City Hall, Okayama
1958	Imabari City Hall, Ehime Prefectural Government Offices, Kagawa
1957	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices
1955	HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM, Naka ward, Hiroshima
1953	Kenso Tange House, Tokyo
1952	CENOTAPH FOR THE A-BOMB VICTIMS, Naka ward, Hiroshima
1947	Master plan for Hiroshima

1996

FCG BUIDLING (Fuji-Sankei Communication Group) - FUJI TELEBI

address:	2-4-8 Daiba, Minato ward, Tokyo
maps:	[Yahoo]
total floor area:	141,825 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo, Part 2] page 163

1994.05

SHINJUKU PARK TOWER, PARK HYATT HOTEL

address:	3-7-20 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都新宿区西新宿３－７－２０
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	264,456 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 77

1992.07

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY HEADQUARTERS

address:	5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都渋谷区神宮前５－５３－７０
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	21,301 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 21 [Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 172-173

1991.03

THE TOKYO CITY HALL COMPLEX

address:	2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都新宿区西新宿２－８－１
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	380,502 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 75 [Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 220-225 [Agematsu, Yuji: Japanese Architecture Today; in: Gatti, Franco: Rethinking Japan - Literature, visual arts & linguistics] page 45

1989

YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART

横浜美術館 - Yokohama Bijutsu-kan

address:	3-4 Minato-Mirai, Nishi ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa
total floor area:	26,830 m²
sources:	[Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 266-267

1982

HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY

兵庫県立歴史博物館

address:	68 Hon-machi, Himeji city, Hyogo
Japanese:	兵庫県姫路市本町６８

address:	68 Hon-machi, Himeji city, Hyogo
total floor area:	7,465 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Osaka / Kobe] page 312

1982.10

AKASAKA PRINCE HOTEL

address:	1-2 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都千代田区紀尾井町１－２
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	69,948 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 55

Demolished.

1978

HANAE MORI BUILDING

address:	3-6-1 Kita-Aoyama, Minato ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都港区北青山３－６－１
maps:	[Google]

Demolished 2010.

1967.10

SHIZUOKA PRESS AND BROADCASTING CENTER

静岡新聞・静岡放送東京支社 - Shizuoka Shinbun, Shizuoka Hōsō Tōkyō Shisha

address:	8-3-7 Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都中央区銀座８－３－７
lat, long:	35°40'07.40N 139°45'32.10E
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]

total floor area:

1,493 m²

sources:

[Shinkenchiku] 1968/2, pages 185-191

[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 110

[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E47: page 134

1967.06

DENTSU HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

address:	1-11-1 Tsukiji, Chuo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都中央区築地１－１１－１
maps:	[Google]

sources:

[Watanabe, Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E46: page 134

1967.02

YUKARI NURSERY SCHOOL, YUKARI CULTURAL KINDERGARTEN

address:	7-15-14 Kinuta, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都世田谷区砧７－１５－１４
maps:	[Google]
total floor area:	1,050 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 244 [Watanabe Hiroshi: The Architecture of Tokyo] E43: page 133

1964.12

SAINT MARY'S CATHEDRAL

address:	3-16-5 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都文京区関口３－１６－５
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	3,650 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 141

1964.09

NATIONAL GYMNASIUMS FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS

address:	2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:	東京都渋谷区神南２－１－１
lat, long:	35°40'03.30N 139°42'00.70E
maps:	[Google] [Yahoo]
total floor area:	38,650 m²
sources:	[Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 36

1955

HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM

広島平和記念館

address:	1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka ward, Hiroshima city, Hiroshima
total floor area:	1,615 m²
sources:	[www.arch-hiroshima.net/arch-hiroshima/arch/delta_center/p-museum_e.html]

1952

CENOTAPH FOR THE A-BOMB VICTIMS

address:	Nakajima-cho, Naka ward, Hiroshima city, Hiroshima
sources:	[www.arch-hiroshima.net/arch-hiroshima/arch/delta_center/ireihi_e.html]

publications by Tange Kenzo

Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture,
Tokyo and New Haven, Connecticut; 1960, 1972
K. Tange

A Plan for Tokyo,
1960
K. Tange with Kenzo Tange Team

Ise: Origin of Japanese Architecture,
Tokyo; 1962, Cambridge, MA; 1965
K. Tange, N. Kawazoe

Japan in the Future,
Tokyo;, 1966
K. Tange

Japan in the 21st Century,
Tokyo; 1971
K. Tange with Kenzo Tange Team

Architecture and Urban Design,
Tokyo; 1975
K. Tange

'Creation in Present-Day Architecture and the Japanese Architectural Tradition',
in: The Japan Architect (Tokyo), June 1956
K. Tange

'Architecture and Urbanism',
in: The Japan Architect (Tokyo), October 1960

K. Tange

'Eero Saarinen'
in: A+U: extra edition, April 4/1984
K. Tange, R. Venturi, C. Pelli, G. Birkerts, S. Okada, P. A. Kennon, K. Kikutake, K. Roche, K. Hayakawa, N. Hozumi, S. Kimura, H. Misawa, K. Misu, M. Miyawaki, E. Musha, T. Nakamura, M. Shiina, S. Takahashi, M. Takeyama, S. Tokuoka, H. Yamada, T. Yamashita, A. J. H. Lumsden
pages 1–240