ARCHITECTUREJAPAN

Modern Architecture

From Meiji to the postwar years: the reception of Western architecture and the unfolding of modernism.

16buildings in the archive

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StationsHistoric Buildings
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building
東京駅丸の内駅舎
Location
Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Opened
1914
Architect
Kingo Tatsuno, Manji Kasai
Art MuseumsModern Architecture
Mitsubishi Ichigokan
三菱一号館
Location
Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Reconstruction completed
2009
Architect
Original design: Josiah Conder
OfficesHistoric Buildings
Mitsui Main Building
三井本館
Location
Chūō City, Tokyo
Completed
1929
Architect
Trowbridge & Livingston
CommercialModern Architecture
Wako Main Building
和光本館
Location
Chūō City, Tokyo
Completed
1932
Architect
Jin Watanabe
Modern ArchitectureCultural Facilities
Tokyo Tower
東京タワー
Location
Minato City, Tokyo
Completed
1958
Architect
Tachū Naitō, Nikken Sekkei
Public BuildingsModern Architecture
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
国立代々木競技場
Location
Shibuya City, Tokyo
Completed
1964
Architect
Kenzo Tange
Historic BuildingsModern Architecture
State Guest House, Akasaka Palace
迎賓館赤坂離宮
Location
Minato City, Tokyo
Completed
1909
Architect
Tokuma Katayama
Art MuseumsModern Architecture
The National Museum of Western Art
国立西洋美術館
Location
Taitō City, Tokyo
Opened
1959
Architect
Le Corbusier (detailed design: Kunio Maekawa, Junzō Sakakura, Takamasa Yoshizaka)
Cultural FacilitiesModern Architecture
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
東京文化会館
Location
Taitō City, Tokyo
Opened
1961
Architect
Kunio Maekawa
Modern Architecture
St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo
東京カテドラル聖マリア大聖堂
Location
Bunkyō City, Tokyo
Completed
1964
Architect
Kenzo Tange
ResidencesHistoric Buildings
Former Iwasaki Family Residence
旧岩崎家住宅
Location
Taitō City, Tokyo
Completed
1896
Architect
Josiah Conder
HotelsHistoric Buildings
Hotel New Grand
ホテルニューグランド
Location
Yokohama (Naka Ward), Kanagawa Prefecture
Opened
1927
Architect
Jin Watanabe
HotelsHistoric Buildings
Nara Hotel
奈良ホテル
Location
Nara, Nara Prefecture
Opened
1909
Architect
Kingo Tatsuno, Yasushi Kataoka
MuseumsModern Architecture
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
広島平和記念資料館
Location
Hiroshima (Naka Ward), Hiroshima Prefecture
Opened
1955
Architect
Kenzo Tange
Historic BuildingsModern Architecture
Sapporo Clock Tower
札幌市時計台
Location
Sapporo (Chūō Ward), Hokkaido
Completed
1878
Historic BuildingsModern Architecture
Former Hokkaido Government Office Building
北海道庁旧本庁舎
Location
Sapporo (Chūō Ward), Hokkaido
Completed
1888
Architect
Seijirō Hirai (engineer, Hokkaido Government)