# The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings by Kenzo Tange, Imperial Postmodern Masterpieces

- Published: 2026-01-07
- Topic: Architecture Stories
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This is a show and tell a bit about one of the world's great postmodern civic buildings (actually this is a complex of three buildings), Kenzo Tange’s (one of Japan's great 20th Century architects) imperiously elegant Tokyo Metropolitan Government complex in Nishi-Shinjuku (Tokyo's first skyscraper district that was

**Read the full article:** [https://architectural-icons.com/blogs/news/metropolitan-government-building-tokyo](https://architectural-icons.com/blogs/news/metropolitan-government-building-tokyo)

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