Modernism architecture in Japan
Discover 12 places in Japan shaped by Modernism architecture, with photos, the architects behind them, and where to find each one.
Modernism strips away ornament and lets function shape the building in glass, steel, and concrete. It broke through in the 1920s and dominated construction after World War II. More about modernism
Modernism in Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1975 · Kunio Maekawa
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JP Tower
1931 · Tetsuro Yoshida
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Rokko Housing I, II and III
1983 · Tadao Ando
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Row House in Sumiyoshi
1976 · Tadao Ando
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
1955 · Kenzo Tange
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Tokyo Tower
1958
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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
1961 · Kunio Maekawa
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National Museum of Western Art
1959 · Le Corbusier
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