Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Kenzō Tange across 4 places, from 1913 to 1946.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Kenzō Tange was documented, and when
4 September 1913exact date
Sakaiattested“Born on 4 September 1913 in Sakai, Japan, Tange spent his early life in the Chinese cities of Hankou and Shanghai; he and his family returned to Japan after learning of the death of one of his uncles.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
4 September 1913exact date
Japanattested“Born on 4 September 1913 in Sakai, Japan, Tange spent his early life in the Chinese cities of Hankou and Shanghai; he and his family returned to Japan after learning of the death of one of his uncles.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1930year
Hiroshimaattested“After finishing middle school, Tange moved to Hiroshima in 1930 to attend high school.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1935year
University of Tokyoattested“In 1935 Tange began the tertiary studies he desired at the University of Tokyo's architecture department.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1946year
University of Tokyoattested“In 1946, Tange became an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
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1951year
Japanmentioned“When Tange travelled back to Japan from the 1951 CIAM meeting, he visited Le Corbusier's nearly complete Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, France.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1951year
Marseillesmentioned“When Tange travelled back to Japan from the 1951 CIAM meeting, he visited Le Corbusier's nearly complete Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, France.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1954year
Kugayamamentioned“Kazuo Shinohara's 1954 house at Kugayama is remarkably similar in its design, although it is built with steel and has a simpler rhythm in its facade.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1956year
Hoddesdonmentioned“The discussions at Hoddesdon sowed discontent within CIAM that eventually contributed to its breakup after their Dubrovnik meeting in 1956; the younger members of CIAM formed a splinter group known as Team X, which Tange later joined.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1958year
Kurashikimentioned“The fortress-like town hall in Kurashiki was designed in 1958 and completed in 1960.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1959year
Otterlomentioned“At a 1959 meeting in Otterlo, Holland, one of his presentations included an unrealised project by Kiyonori Kikutake; this project became the basis of the Metabolist Movement.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1960year
Tokyomentioned“Tange's plan, published in 1960 at the Tokyo venue of the World Design Congress, completely bypassed the existing infrastructure of Tokyo and called for a radical new development pattern centered on a massive megastructure spanning Tokyo…”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1961year
Kōfumentioned“Tange was commissioned to build a communications centre in Kōfu in 1961.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1970year
British Hong Kongmentioned“In 1970, he became acquainted with Lee Kuan Yew while staying in Hong Kong to receive an honorary degree from the University of Hong Kong.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1970year
University of Hong Kongmentioned“In 1970, he became acquainted with Lee Kuan Yew while staying in Hong Kong to receive an honorary degree from the University of Hong Kong.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1975year
Damascusmentioned“In 1975, while Hafez al-Assad was still in power, Tange began designing the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
1985year
Place d'Italiementioned“In 1985, at the behest of Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris at that time, Tange proposed a master plan for a plaza at Place d'Italie that would interconnect the city along an east-west axis.”source: Wikipedia: Kenzō Tange
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