Entertainment & Arts
Kenzo Tange, a Japanese architect who designed the stadiums for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, today was named winner of the 1987 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
March 18, 1987
Kenzo Tange, whose reconciliation of traditional Japanese architecture with modernity shaped Japan’s rise from the ashes of World War II, died of heart failure at his Tokyo home Tuesday.
March 24, 2005
The Pritzker Prize, the world’s top architecture honor, has been awarded to Kenzo Tange of Japan for work that has “enhanced the human spirit.”
March 23, 1987
Following the announcement of most architecture awards there almost always is an echo of disagreement out of the persnickety profession.
March 22, 1987
Kevin Roche, the Irish-born designer of such landmarks as California’s Oakland Museum and the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York, has been named the winner of the 1993 American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal.
Jan. 10, 1993
With its $100,000 tax-free grant and accompanying sculpture and worldwide recognition, the Pritzker Architecture Prize is the most coveted honor in the profession.
April 2, 1989
The investiture of Kenzo Tange as the 1987 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize took place earlier this month at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Tex.
May 17, 1987
World & Nation
Japan’s top architects have tasted freedom and found it heady.
Nov. 26, 1987
The upscale Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which closed last month, has been turned into a temporary home for 360 evacuees from Japan’s disaster-hit northern region. It is one example of the creative ways government officials are housing those in need.
March 14, 2014
Travel & Experiences
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, credited with bringing together the East and West in his innovative designs, has been awarded this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as the highest honor in the field.
March 9, 2019