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Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō, 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005) [1] was a Japanese architect and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for Architecture.He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents.
The simplicity of Japanese dwellings contrasted the oft-esteemed excessive decoration of the West. The influence of Japanese design was thus not so much that it was directly copied but rather, "the west discovered the quality of space in traditional Japanese architecture through a filter of western architectural values". [96]
Tropical Modernism, or Tropical Modern is a style of architecture that merges modernist architecture principles with tropical vernacular traditions, emerging in the mid-20th century. This movement responded to the unique climatic and cultural conditions of tropical regions, primarily in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands. [1]
Exhibition, "An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia," on the Works of Four Architects of the Indian Sub-Continent; New York, Philadelphia, 1997, Curated by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and James Bellurado. Exhibition of Architecture in Bangladesh, “Pundranagar” to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar (350 B.C. to present time), 1997.
Tokiwadai Photo Studio, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Tokyo, 1937 Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum , ( Prince Asaka Residence), Tokyo, 1933 Tosho Bunko Library, Kita, Tokyo
Buildings and structures in Asia (14 C, 3 P) Marine architecture in Asia (2 C) ... East Asian architecture (9 C, 1 P) O. Ottoman architecture (11 C, 32 P) S.
A modern caisson in traditional style, in the Grand Hotel, Taipei Caisson of the Worship Shrine, Qing-An-Gong, Shanhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan. The caisson is a general name for a coffer. [4] In the case of Chinese architecture, however, the caisson is characterised by highly developed conventions as to its structure and placement. [2] [5]
Japanese-Western Eclectic Architecture (Japanese: 和洋折衷建築, Hepburn: Wayō Se'chū Kenchiku) is an architectural style that emerged from the Eclecticism in architecture movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, which intentionally incorporated Japanese architectural and Western architectural components into one building design.