Born on 4 September 1913 in Sakai, Japan, Tange spent his early life in the Chinese cities of Hankow and Shanghai; he and his family returned to Japan after learning of the death of one of his uncles. In contrast to the green lawns and red

Tange's interest in urban studies put him in a good position to handle post war reconstruction. In the summer of 1946 he was invited by the War

Peace Center in Hiroshima
Work on the Peace Center commenced in 1950. In addition to the axial nature of the design, the layout is similar to Tange's early competition

Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne
Tange's first placing in the design competition for the

The modular expansion of Tange's Metabolist visions had some influence on Archigram with their plug-in mega structures. The Metabolist

After graduating from the university, Tange started to work as an architect at the office of Kunio Maekawa. During his employment, he travelled to Manchuria, participating in an architectural design competition for a bank, and toured Japanese-occupied

During the 1970s and 1980s Tange expanded his portfolio to include buildings in over 20 countries around the world. In 1985, at the behest of Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris at that