caption death_date death_place birth_place practice awards birth_date significant_buildings image article_title name alma_mater
kenzo tange in amsterdam in 1981 22 march 2005 tokyo , japan osaka , japan 1946 kenzo tange associates tange laboratory 1961 the urbanists and architects team pritzker medal , order of culture , praemium imperiale , order prize of sacred treasures , riba gold medal , aia gold 4 september 1913 hiroshima tokyo olympic arenas , st mary 's cathedral peace memorial park , plan for skopje , kenzo tange 1981.jpg kenzō tange
 kenzō tange the university of tokyo
kenzō tange

influenced from an early age by the swiss modernist , le corbusier , tange gained international recognition in 1949 when he won the competition for the design of hiroshima peace memorial park .
he was a member of ciam -lrb- congres internationaux d'architecture moderne -rrb- in the 1950s .
he did not join the group of younger ciam architects known as team x , though his 1960 tokyo bay plan was influential for team 10 in the 1960s , as well as the group that became metabolism .
his university studies on urbanism put him in an ideal position to handle redevelopment projects after the second world war .
his ideas were explored in designs for tokyo and skopje .
tange 's work influenced a generation of architects across the world .
