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Museum · Contemporary

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

SANAA · Kanazawa, Japan · 2004

Key featuresA round glass perimeter with no front, holding the galleries as separate boxes.

Architect
SANAA
Place
Kanazawa, Japan
Year
2004
Typology
Museum
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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