Headquarters, BMW Italy,
Milan, Italy

SCOPE OF WORK

Modular façade with structural glazing, panel infilling, suspended sheet metal caissons. Point-fixed glass façade, suspended from vertical glass fins, parapet façings, sun/glare protection, glass doors. Staircases, various sheet metal cladding, glass roof and fan-coils.

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ARCHITECT   Kenzo Tange Associates, Tokyo, Japan

Kenzo Tange (1913-2005)

Worked in the office of Kunio Mayekawa, a former colleague of Le Corbusier. Dissertation: Redevelopment of the City of Tokyo. Own practice since 1946. Kenzo Tange Associates since 1985. One of the world's elite architects. Committed to Western modernism and Japa-nese building tradition.

Selected Awards

• 1987 Pritzker Architect Price

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