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Exterior view of the Nezu Museum, showing the low eaves and bamboo-lined approach in Tokyo.

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Nezu Museum

2009 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nezu Museum exterior view

Exterior view of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo.

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Nezu Museum

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Nezu MuseumNezu Museum

2009 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson

1949 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20091949
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanNew York, New York, United States
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Boston, Boston, United States
Climate17°C · 13.3h daylight · 8 km/h wind2°C · 13.6h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Boston Central Library
FocusMuseum42 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Philip Johnson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Boston Central Library
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
  • Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut)
  • Rockefeller Guest House
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • landscape
  • library
  • museum
  • education
  • house
  • landscape
  • performance venue
  • gallery
  • campus building
Materials
  • bamboo
  • wood
  • glass
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Bamboo and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Bamboo
  • Glass

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible21 of 21 recorded works are publicly accessible
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