Kenzō Tange
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Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Impe
Tange in 1953
Kenzō (right) with his family upon their return to Japan (1921)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, view along axis (1955)
Cenotaph, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
People's Palace (Syria)
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The People's Palace, known in English as the Presidential Palace until 2024, is the official residence of the president of Syria. It is located in the western part of Damascus, on Mount Mezzeh, north
Kenzō Tange
…by an open air courtyard with tropical plants, and a rooftop parking lot. In 1975, while Hafez al-Assad was still in power, Tange began designing the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria. According to a 2013 article by The Guardian, Tange resigned before construction began, and his original design was "reinterpreted…
