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Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall: Interior · Forest of meditation (Kakamigahara city funeral hall)
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Memorial · Contemporary

Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall

Toyo Ito · Kakamigahara, Japan · 2006

Key featuresThin white concrete roof that rises and falls like a cloud, resting on tapered columns beside a pond.

Architect
Toyo Ito
Place
Kakamigahara, Japan
Year
2006
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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