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Kenzo Tange (丹下健三; Tange Kenzō, September 4, 1913 - March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of a virtually all important designer of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles by using modernism, & designed major buildings in 5 continents.

Within 1935 Tange entered the Architecture Department of the University of Tokyo, and became an help prof there around 1946.

Around 1949 he won the competition to re-project Hiroshima, following its atomic bombing in 1945. His project for the Peace Park and Peace Memorial owes much to Le Corbusier, and is typically known as ‘the spritual core of the city’. Of these understanding Tange gave for using for the job was that as a secondary student he got exposed in the city.

Tange won international fame for his project for the gymnasium for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His Pritzker Prize citation described it when "among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century".

He was too known for his ‘Tokyo Plan’ of 1960, which proposed a radical redesign of the city. Although non fully implemented, it influenced designer worldwide.

His notable works include: Peace Memorial Park of Hiroshima St. Mary's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the 1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo Places of Expo '70, Suita, Osaka Hanae Mori Bldg. Aoyama, Tokyo Fuji TV, Odaiba, Tokyo Tokyo Dome Hotel Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Kenzo Tange
The Pritzker Architecture Prize site provides a brief biography of the influential Japanese architect, 1987 citation by the jury and his acceptance speech.