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National Taichung Theater

The National Taichung Theater is an opera house in the Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone in the Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan. The estimated area of the structure is 57,685 square meters (620,920 sq ft). It was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito in collaboration with Cecil Balmond at Arup AGU. It was contracted on 11 November 2009 with construction planned for 45 months. The venue had a partial opening on…

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2015

Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan

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National Taichung Theater in Taichung, Taiwan

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Toyo Ito

Born 1941 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Toyo Ito is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's most innovative and in…

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Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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