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National Museum of Western Art: Exterior · National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo , Japan
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National Museum of Western Art: Exterior · Courtyard - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
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National Museum of Western Art: Exterior
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National Museum of Western Art: Exterior
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National Museum of Western Art: Interior · Exterior stairs descending to the basement of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
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National Museum of Western Art: Interior
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Photo 1: Exterior · National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo , JapanPhoto 2: Exterior · Courtyard - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, JapanPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Exterior stairs descending to the basement of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, JapanPhoto 6: Interior

Museum · Modernism

National Museum of Western Art

Le Corbusier · Tokyo, Japan · 1959

Key featuresSquare spiral plan on pilotis around a top-lit central hall, laid out to grow outward.

Architect
Le Corbusier
Place
Tokyo, Japan
Year
1959
Typology
Museum
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia
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