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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Exterior · Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in Taito-ku, Tokyo
1/6 · Exterior · Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in Taito-ku, TokyoPhoto: Kakidai · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Exterior · View to the northeast from the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in Tokyo
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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Exterior · View to the west from the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in Tokyo
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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Exterior · A photo of "Asakusa Cultural Sightseeing Center",Kaminarimon,Taito-ku,Tokyo,Japan
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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Interior · Inside the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Interior · Inside the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
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Photo 1: Exterior · Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in Taito-ku, TokyoPhoto 2: Exterior · View to the northeast from the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in TokyoPhoto 3: Exterior · View to the west from the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in TokyoPhoto 4: Exterior · A photo of "Asakusa Cultural Sightseeing Center",Kaminarimon,Taito-ku,Tokyo,JapanPhoto 5: Interior · Inside the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information CenterPhoto 6: Interior · Inside the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Civic · Contemporary

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Kengo Kuma · Tokyo, Japan · 2012

Key featuresEight one-storey houses with pitched roofs stacked into a tower, screened by timber louvres.

Architect
Kengo Kuma
Place
Tokyo, Japan
Year
2012
Typology
Civic
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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