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Religious · Late modernism

Water Temple (Honpuku-ji)

Tadao Ando · Awaji, Japan · 1991

Key featuresA stair splits an oval lotus pond and descends to a red-lit hall beneath the water.

Architect
Tadao Ando
Place
Awaji, Japan
Year
1991
Typology
Religious
Movement
Late modernism
Region
East Asia
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