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Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium: Exterior · Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium, at Nakatsu Oita Japan, design by Fumihiko Maki in 1997
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Photo 1: Exterior · Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium, at Nakatsu Oita Japan, design by Fumihiko Maki in 1997

Memorial · Late modernism

Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium

Fumihiko Maki · Nakatsu, Japan · 1997

Key featuresA brick octagon, Cor-ten hall and concrete wing sit in a landscaped park, sequenced by controlled light.

Architect
Fumihiko Maki
Place
Nakatsu, Japan
Year
1997
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Late modernism
Region
East Asia
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