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Kurashiki City Art Museum (former City Hall): Exterior · Municipal museum where old Kurashiki city office was recycled
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Kurashiki City Art Museum (former City Hall): Interior · Kurashiki City Art Museum
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Kurashiki City Art Museum (former City Hall): Interior · Kurashiki City Art Museum
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Museum · Brutalism

Kurashiki City Art Museum (former City Hall)

Kenzō Tange · Kurashiki, Japan · 1960

Key featuresHeavy concrete beams stacked like a log storehouse; Tange's former city hall now holds galleries.

Architect
Kenzō Tange
Place
Kurashiki, Japan
Year
1960
Typology
Museum
Movement
Brutalism
Region
East Asia
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