AD Classics: Yoyogi National Gymnasium / Kenzo Tange

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Written by Andrew Kroll

Architects: Kenzo Tange
Year: 1964
Photographs:Flickr User: kanegen, Flickr User: Jamie Barras, wikiarquitectura, wikimedia commons

Text description provided by the architects. Built for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium has become an architectural icon for its distinctive design. Designed by one of Japan’s most famous modernist architects, Kenzo Tange, the gymnasium is a hybridization of western modernist aesthetics and traditional Japanese architecture.

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Published on February 15, 2011

Cite: Andrew Kroll. "AD Classics: Yoyogi National Gymnasium / Kenzo Tange" 15 Feb 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/109138/ad-classics-yoyogi-national-gymnasium-kenzo-tange> ISSN 0719-8884