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House · Modernism

House of Kunio Maekawa

Kunio Maekawa · Koganei, Japan · 1942

Key featuresWartime timber house under one big gable; a single central post and a two-storey living room with a tall glazed wall.

Architect
Kunio Maekawa
Place
Koganei, Japan
Year
1942
Typology
House
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia
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