born Sept. 4, 1913, Imabari, Shikoku, Japan
Japanese architect.
Tange worked in the office of Maekawa Kunio before setting out on his own. His best-known early work was the Peace Centre, Hiroshima (194656). His Kagawa prefectural offices in Takamatsu (195558) were a particularly fine blend of the modern and traditional. In 1959 he and his students published the Boston Harbor project, launching the Metabolist school . His work in the 1960s took more boldly dramatic form, and he became a master at manipulating complex geometries; his National Gymnasium for Tokyo's 1964 Olympic Games is exemplary. During 196670 he designed the master plan for the Japan World Exposition (Expo 70), which was held in 014C; saka. More recent works include the New Tokyo City Hall complex (1991). Also influential as a writer, teacher, and town planner, Tange was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1987.