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Kyoto Tower

Mamoru Yamada · Kyoto, Japan · 1964

Key featuresA white candle of welded steel rings and plate, no lattice, standing on a nine-storey hotel block by Kyoto Station.

Architect
Mamoru Yamada
Place
Kyoto, Japan
Year
1964
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia
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