Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|21 : Yamanashi Press and Broadcasting Centre : Kenzo Tange
The Yamanashi Press and Broadcasting Centre is one of the few built examples of the theories developed by the Japanese Metabolist group.
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john barr
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|16 : Tokyo Olympic Stadium : Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi Stadium came to symbolise the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's return to the world stage.
john barr
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|15 : St. Mary’s Cathedral : Kenzo Tange
St. Mary's Cathedral Tokyo was opened in the same year as the Yoyogi Olympic Stadia designed by Kenzo Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
John Barr
- Dec 12, 2018
- 9 min
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|05 : Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices : Takamatsu : Kenzo Tange
The Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices (1958) offered a radical new vision of what Japanese public buildings might be.
John Barr
- Nov 21, 2018
- 6 min
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|04 : The Hiroshima Peace Centre : Kenzo Tange
The background to the Hiroshima Peace Centre hardly needs to be explained: the first use of the Atomic Bomb and the deaths of over 200,000.
John Barr
- Apr 25, 2018
- 16 min
Katsura Imperial Villa (All Things to All Men)
In the 20th century Katsura Imperial Villa became a kind of touchstone for the essence of Japanese architecture.
John Barr
- Sep 3, 2017
- 13 min
In Search of Japan-ness : Part 1 (Putting Lipstick on the Gorilla)
For Japanese architects, 1933 was a pivotal year in their search for a Japanese modernism.
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