Tange

British  

/ ˈtæŋɡə /

noun

1. Kenzo. 1913–2005, Japanese architect. His buildings include the Kurashiki city hall (1960) and St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo (1962–64)

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Example Sentences

Tange, performer at the program: “I can’t think of a more important time to have art than in a moment like that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

The building was part of a postwar boom in civic structures across Japan, but none of those, even ones designed by Tange himself, has surpassed this masterpiece.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Look no further than the old National Stadium in Tokyo designed by Kenzo Tange for the 1964 Olympics—a dramatic, monumental design with its famous swooping, suspended roof.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2021

Tange was awarded the Pritzker prize in 1987 — architecture’s highest award — and the citation described Yoyogi as “among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

N. B. Tange, the izafat is displaced by ya i tankir, according to Lumsden, ii.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar