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Located in Shinjuku ward, the building was designed by architect Kenzo Tange. It consists of a complex of three structures, each taking up a city block. The tallest of the three is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits into two sections at the 33rd floor. The building also has three levels below ...
Tokyo once was a city with low buildings and packed with single family homes, today the city has a larger focus on high rise residential homes and urbanization. Tokyo's culture is changing as well as increased risk of natural catastrophes, because of this architecture has had to make dramatic changes since the 1990s.
Takaharu Tezuka (手塚 貴晴, Tezuka Takaharu, born 23 February 1964) is a Japanese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects.
Josiah Conder (28 September 1852 – 21 June 1920) was a British architect who was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as a professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering and became architect of Japan's Public Works. [1] He started his own practice after 1888.
Physicians bought books about the West's medical advancements. Two major writers were Matsuo Basho and Saikaku. [66] [67] Books could either be bought expensive at book stores, or rented cheap by traveling salesmen. By the 1830s, when the city had over 800 book sellers, literacy rates in Edo were one of the highest in the world. [66]
Arata Isozaki in 1996. Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; 23 July 1931 – 28 December 2022) [2] was a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist [4] from Ōita.He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019.
Nakagin Capsule Tower, The National Art Center (Tokyo), Nagoya City Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur International Airport The Nakagin Capsule Tower Kisho Kurokawa ( 黒川 紀章 , Kurokawa Kishō ) (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement .
Founder of his own firm Yoshinobu Ashihara Architecture Associates in 1956. In the later stages of his career, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. President of the Japan Institute of Architects from 1980 - 1982 and the Architectural Institute of Japan from 1985 - 1987.