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Kenzo Tange: Architectural Philosophy by Hamayoun Muneer is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Kenzo Tange is a renowned Japanese architect born in 1913 who fused Japanese architectural traditions with Western modernism. He was influenced by the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. Tange believed postwar Japan needed freedom of expression to symbolize a new society. His work expressed Japanese traditions through contemporary forms. Tange demonstrated that regionalism could develop within the International Style. He became an architect of global renown because his work was intensely Japanese.
- Author
- Hamayoun Muneer
- Language
- EN