Yoyogi National Gymnasium
A 1964 Tokyo Olympic arena whose suspended roof, cables, and sweeping eaves form one silhouette.
Structural expression becomes architectural form in this major work of postwar Japanese sports architecture.
The interior span and exterior curves demonstrate the power of a single large roof.
It embodies the technological confidence associated with Tange and the Metabolist generation.
Architect Kenzo Tange
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