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Museum of Fruit | |||
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| Architect | Itsuko Hasegawa |
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| Location | Yamanashi, Japan map | |
| Date | 1996 timeline | |
| Building Type | museum and greenhouse | |
| Construction System | glass and steel | |
| Climate | temperate | |
| Context | rural | |
| Style | High Tech Modern, Expressionist Modern | |
| Notes | Composed of serveral different but related curvaceous fruit-like glazed forms. Ove Arup and Partners, Japan, engineers. | |
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| Discussion | Museum of Fruit Commentary
The museum is located in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, surrounded by vineyards, and within sight of Mount Fuji. | |
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Sources on Museum of Fruit
Phoebe Chow. "Museum of Fruit", The Architectural Review, March, 1996, Volume CXCIX No 1189. Commentary, plan and section drawings and many photographs, p43-47. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5. Available at Amazon.com
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