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- Title
The Chiyoda Life Insurance Company headquarters in Tokyo: AN EXAMPLE OF A FAMOUS POSTWAR COMPLEX SURVIVING WITH A NEW ROLE AND FUNCTION.
- Authors
Fujioka, Hiroyasu
- Abstract
In Tokyo, a masterpiece of modern architecture, built after the war, has found a new role as a public building. The district's office of Meguro-ku (Tokyo) has just moved to a facility designed by the famous architect logo Murano (1891-1984). Meguro-ku (Ku means district) is one of the 23 districts in Tokyo. It ranks 14th among the districts in population (246,549 as of June 2003) and 16th in area (14.7 km2). Since around the 1920s, the district has developed mainly as a comfortable residential district with many conveniences.
- Subjects
TOKYO (Japan); JAPAN; CORPORATE headquarters design &; construction; CHIYODA Life Insurance Co.; MODERN architecture; MODERN movement (Architecture); ARCHITECTURAL design; ARCHITECTS; PUBLIC building design &; construction
- Publication
Docomomo Journal, 2003, Issue 29, p36
- ISSN
1380-3204
- Publication type
Article