The National Art Center, Kisho Kurokawa 国立新美術館 黒川紀章

My photos of The National Art Center, project of Kisho Kurokawa:

国立新美術館、黒川紀章：

Thats their web site: http://www.nact.jp/english/index.html

For more photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dionisiofranca/TheNationalArtCenterKishoKurokawa#　

With an impressive 21.6 meter of ceiling height at the lobby.

According to Kurokawa the wavy transparent facade design is low-energy.

And the architecture has a symbiotic relation with the forest arount it.

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Za Koenji 座高円寺

Here are some pictures I took from Toyo Ito'sZa Koenji（座高円寺）. The pictures are free to use under CC agreement.

More pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/dionisiofranca/ZaKoenji#

Here the theatre web site: http://za-koenji.jp/english/about/index.html

This theatre is supposed to support the Koenji Awa Odori festival. Awa in japanese sounds like bubble. Ito's word game is seen threw all the project.

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