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Shimane Art Museum: Exterior · Shimane Art Museum in Matsue , Shimane prefecture , Japan
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Shimane Art Museum: Exterior · Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Shimane prefecture, Japan
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Shimane Art Museum: Exterior · Chiryu, from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, by Hiroshige, Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Shimane, Japan
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Shimane Art Museum: Exterior
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Shimane Art Museum: Interior · Shimane Art Museum in Matsue , Shimane prefecture , Japan
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Shimane Art Museum: Detail · Lady Reading Poetry , by Ishibashi Kazunori , Shimane Art Museum , Matsue, Shimane, Japan
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Photo 1: Exterior · Shimane Art Museum in Matsue , Shimane prefecture , Japan Photo 2: Exterior · Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Shimane prefecture, JapanPhoto 3: Exterior · Chiryu, from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, by Hiroshige, Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Shimane, JapanPhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Shimane Art Museum in Matsue , Shimane prefecture , JapanPhoto 6: Detail · Lady Reading Poetry , by Ishibashi Kazunori , Shimane Art Museum , Matsue, Shimane, Japan

Museum · Postmodernism

Shimane Art Museum

Kiyonori Kikutake · Matsue, Japan · 1999

Key featuresGlass lobby under a long curved metal roof faces Lake Shinji, planned around sunset views.

Architect
Kiyonori Kikutake
Place
Matsue, Japan
Year
1999
Typology
Museum
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
East Asia
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