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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa金沢21世紀美術館
- Location
- Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa
- Opened
- 2004
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Overview
A circle with no front or back. A museum open to the city, like a park.
A museum of contemporary art opened in 2004. Designed by SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa), its circular plan enclosed in glass is dotted with galleries of varying sizes and heights.
Having no front, the circular building welcomes people from every direction. With a free-access exchange zone, it draws many visitors as "a museum open to the city, like a park".
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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- Opened
- 2004
- Architect
- SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa)
- Use
- Art museum
- Location
- 1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
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Architect
SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa)
SANAA1995–
An architectural partnership formed in 1995 by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, known for light spaces of glass and white surfaces in which the boundary between inside and outside blurs.
Besides the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, they have designed museums and university buildings abroad. They received the Pritzker Prize in 2010.
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Location
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
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Sources
References
- 金沢21世紀美術館 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- Wikidata Q3242206Wikidata
- 金沢21世紀美術館 公式サイト金沢21世紀美術館
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Photo Credits
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