biography
pronunciation:
[tanggay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913– )
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Imabari, SW Japan. He studied at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he became professor (1949–74, then emeritus). His best-known early work is the Hiroshima Peace Centre (1949–55). Later works include the Shizoka Press and Broadcasting Centre (1966–7), the dramatic National Gymnasium for the 1964 Olympic Games, and the theme pavilion for the 1970 Osaka Exposition. His highly influential published works include A Plan for Tokyo (1960) and Toward a Structural Reorganization (1960). He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1987. |
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