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United Nations University

The United Nations University (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare through collaborative research and education.

building

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1972

Jingūmae, Jingūmae, Japan

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education campus building Education building

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United Nations University in Jingūmae, Japan

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United Nations University gallery

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Think tank and academic arm of the UN

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Kenzo Tange

1913-2005 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Role: lead architect

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Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan. He first achieved recognition for his projects to reconstruct the destroyed cities of postwar Japan, partic…

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Kenzo Tange Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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