Yesterday Kenzo Tange died. He was perhapds one of the most famous Japanese architects. Here is his site. Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Deceased, National Gymnasiums for Tokyo Olympics, King Faisal Foundation Headquarters Complex are some of his more famous works. This is the list of his work in Tokyo.
I am unfamiliar with archtestural concepts, but I love to see nice, wellthought out buildings. And I really feel architects are sooooo cool. For me they seem to have a cool brain, big imagination and the toughness to challenge a certain irreeparable plan. Last year I was really impressed to find future system's design for Selfridges in Birmingham featured in some magazines. In Japan, I found works by Atrier Rats often. When I want to see good architects in the world, I check this site. If you have interest, here is their Japanese page.
Anyway after Tange, maybe Tadao Ando is the biggest name in Japanese archtecture in Japan. Actually the Pritzker Architecture Prize is called "the nobel prize of Architecture". As Japanese, only Tange and Ando got it. I said I love to read design magazine Casa Brutus in my magazine house article, and today I found, they've made a few English pages, Wow lucky!! I looked for a good short story about Ando. They have it!! Here is a special page about Ando on the Brutus website. Please check it out. Nice to read.
hi,
it is indeed very sad about the passing of one of the great architect that japan has ever produced .
Posted by: sushim.b.chinde | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 03:12 PM
Re: Your article on Tadao Ando and the Pritzker Prize:
Fumihiko Maki was also a winner.
Posted by: Gary Doi | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 08:37 AM
Hi Claire,
Sasuga!!, I am impressed to your selection. Yes that museum is great.
I really want to visite there. Really good architecture has a kind of power. It makes me heal actually.
I love to see Kuma kengo too.
http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~kuma/
modern Japanese is good too
http://www.a-k.jp/new.html
Posted by: | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 12:34 PM
I was sad to hear of the passing of Kenzo Tange. Another star has fallen...
Sometimes I am happy to live in Chicago because there are many examples of great architecture, but there are no works of Kenzo Tange or Tadao Ando. (If you want to see some of the works of Mies Van der Rohe, IM Pei, Rem Koolhaas, Helmut Jahn, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, then come visit Chicago!)
Whenever I visit my sister in Dallas, I always want to go to the New Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, designed by Tadeo Ando. There is a http://www.themodern.org/new_modern.html> nice picture and more information here.
However, I don't think my nieces would like it (they are 3 and 5). I think I'll have to wait until they're a little older and in school all day.
Posted by: Claire （クレア） | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:23 AM
Hi Huang
Singapore's Indoor Stadium. Oh really, when I visit Singapore, I will visit there. Thank you for infomation.
Hi Smina
You build you house by youself??? What? Really? How?
Tell me, it is very interesting.
Robert.
I think when you build your house, it would be super nice. I want to see it really.
Posted by: Mari | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 11:22 PM
I read about his demise in the local papers yesterday. He was the architect for Singapore's Indoor Stadium.
Posted by: Huang | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 12:29 PM
I am sorryfor Kenzo Tange.
I am glad for this article of yours , because I was thinking just yesterday about askig you if you know where I could find resources for how to build a traditional japanise house. (in english, swedish or romanian :-) )
I will build myself a little house and I would like it to be as much as possible in the japanise style.
all the best
simina
Posted by: simina | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 07:02 AM
Atelier Rats are AWESOME!! I have seen their designs quite frequently in various design magazines..and I have seen Future Systems too..of course they always show the same buildings, which I dont think is fair because they really have been more prolific than that. (yeah I know it's a showcase portfolio thing..but hey I like to see the scope of their work, not just the highly dynamic pieces) When I design my house I would like one of those two companies to draw up the plans. I really dont think I would want anyone else....now if I could just win that darned lottery! ®rz
Posted by: robert | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 01:07 AM