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Architects seek to add Tange’s stadium to World Heritage list
As a 10-year-old boy, Kengo Kuma fell in love with architecture the first time he saw Yoyogi National Stadium, built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Today, Kuma is a prominent architect in his own ...
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Design Selected
(ATR) Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori says he ... Abe was present at a meeting of Cabinet ministers Tuesday which approved the stadium design.Kuma's steel and wood design echoes the style ...
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Inclusive Tokyo: Josh judges Tokyo’s National Stadium access for wheelchairs
This summer, the eyes of the world will be glued to sporting events staged in the capital's newly built National Stadium, the main venue for 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The Kengo Kuma ...
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Tokyo became a megacity by reinventing itself
Tokyo has been rebuilt twice during the past ... the architect who designed the new national stadium. Kuma, one of Japan’s leading talents, is older by a generation than Morishita, but the ...
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7 outstanding works of modern architecture to visit in Japan
Japan National Stadium (2019) - Kengo Kuma Kengo Kuma has grown a forest of wood and steel in Tokyo: the National Stadium, inaugurated for the 2020 Olympic Games. Symbolically sourced from Japan's ...
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IOC Examines Tokyo Olympic Costs, Stadium Plans
Architect Kengo Kuma’s design was chosen last ... The 2020 Olympic stadium will be built on the site of the 1964 Tokyo Games venue. Construction is set to begin in early 2017 with completion ...