Japanese Architecture
The need to rebuild Japan after World War II proved a great stimulus to Japanese architects,... and contemporary Japanese buildings rank with the finest in the world in terms of technology and formal conception. The best-known Japanese architect is Kenzo Tange, whose National Gymnasiums (1964) for the Tokyo Olympics—emphasizing the contrast and blending of pillars and walls, and with sweeping roofs reminiscent of the tomo-e (an ancient whorl-shaped heraldic symbol) are dramatic statements of form and movement.
Tadao Ando’s Japanese Pavilion
Japanese architect Tadao Ando created an elegant wooden pavilion for Japan at Expo ’92 in Seville, Spain. The building combined traditional Japanese forms, materials, and craftwork with modern design and construction. Ando received the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995
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