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 (1946–56). His Kagawa prefectural offices in Takamatsu (1955–58) 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 1966–70 he designed the master plan for the Japan World Exposition (Expo 70), which was held in Ōsaka. 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.