TANGE BY TANGE 1949

One of the 20th centurys most significant architects, Kenzo Tange combined traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and took on major post-war urban redevelopment projects in Tokyo and abroad. In 1960, Tange together with photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto, arch itect Walter Gropius, and graphic designer Herbert Bayer published a photobook titled Katsura, in which he questioned the conven tional historical perspectives on Japanese architecture. Many previously unpublished photographs taken by Tange during the 1950s now appear in thi...[Llegir més]