Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Architect: Kenzo Tange
Year: 1964
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: Gymnasium
About
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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