Kenzo Tange Quotes

• Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

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• Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.

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• There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.

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• Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.

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• Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical.

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• In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.

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• I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission… (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.

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• I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter.A

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• Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

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Birth:	4th September, 1913
Death:	22nd March, 2005
Nationality:	Japanese
Profession:	Architect

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