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International House of Japan

International House of Japan, also known as I-House, is an organization and building based in Roppongi, Tokyo.

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1955

Roppongi, Roppongi, Japan

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International House of Japan in Roppongi, Japan

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International House of Japan gallery

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Kunio Maekawa

1905-1986 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Kunio Maekawa was a Japanese architect and a key figure of modernism in post-war Japan. After early stints in the studios of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond, Maekawa began to articulate his architectural language after establishing his firm in 1935, maintaining a continuous tension between Japanese traditional design…

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Mayekawa Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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