Thursday, February 19, 2009

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art.

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The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is located on the waterfront in Kobe, and was opened in 2002 as part of the post-earthquake reconstruction.

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Designed by Tadao Ando, an architect I am coming to appreciate more and more. The Hyogo musuem is in many ways similar to the Fort Worth museum he built at around the same time.

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I will post more later, but for now here are some of the spiral staircase between 2 of the 3 main buildings.

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3 comments:

  1. toshiFebruary 20, 2009 at 1:06 AM

    ah...mr. tadao ando and his lovely concrete!

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  2. TH3DENFebruary 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    :D your blog is a treasure trove! full of fun and interesting stuff. i have to say this is one of my best and favourite finds yet! i'm currently trying to design a character with a hanya mask and am greatly inspired by your masks :D. could i ask you for some assistance? :)

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  3. OjisanjakeFebruary 22, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    Thanks TH3DEN. Sure, go ahead and ask. I'll help if I can.

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