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“We live in a world where great incompatibles co-exist: the human scale and the superhuman scale, stability and mobility, permanence and change, identity and anonymity, comprehensibility and universality.”

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Kenzo Tange

Kenzo Tange was a prominent Japanese architect whose work significantly influenced modern architecture. His career, spanning several decades, saw him design many iconic buildings both in Japan and internationally. Tange's architectural style was marked by a harmonious blend of modernism and traditional Japanese aesthetics, which he skillfully incorporated into his designs. more

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