2007 年 2007 巻 20 号 p. 143-154
This paper examines the celebrity of architect Kenzo Tange through the analysis of not only specialized architectural magazines but also general newspapers and magazines in the 1950-60s. Shinkenchiku intentionally featured Tange's works in order to further the image of architects as authors. Architectural magazines create a community of readers with a hierarchy based on architects and non-architects, fame and anonymity. In the “Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park” the celebrity of Tange was linked to the figure of the nation rising from the ashes of war. It was also established by his visionary idea of urban planning and his academic authority. His orthodox celebrity was established around the time of the “National Gymnasiums for the Tokyo Olympics, ” and with symbolism and globalization came criticism of commercialization.