HOURYUJI HOUMOTSUKAN

Posted by aaxan (Tokyo, Japan) on 16 March 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

the interior of HOURYUJI HOUMOTSUKAN.

Architect: Taniguchi Yoshio
Program: Museum
Structure: Steel
Total Floor Area: 4,029㎡
Completed Year: 1999
Location: Taito-ku, Ueno Kouen 13-9, Tokyo

If anyone have had a chance to visit the NY national museum you must have recognized the similarity of these two. Slender colums and flat slab sharply combine with the reflection of glass wall to create the soul of Taniguchi Yoshio's architecture.
The style is modern but traditional in someway associate the spirit of the old Japan.

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