Tokyo International Forum
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 | Tokyo International Forum |
| Designer | Rafael Vinoly |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Date | 1989 competition, completed 1996. |
| Building Type | exhibition hall, conference center |
| Climate | warm temperate |
| Context | urban center |
| Architectural Style | High-Tech Modern |
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| Notes | A gracefully expressive great curving ship shape in glass and steel, set off across its plaza with blocky recalls the scale of other European supporting halls. Next door to Tokyo Station. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Tokyo_International_Forum.html |
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"Vinoly has likened the Glass Hall to nineteenth-century public spaces; indeed like arcades: both the Crystal Palace are recalled in this immense, awesome space with its monumental staircases and shimmering bridges and ramps, that are almost Piranesian in scale.
"The Plaza itself recalls the scale of other European models like the Eiffel Tower."
— Ivor Richards, "Space Odyssey", The Architectural Review, 1197, November 1996.
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Ivor Richards, "Space Odyssey", The Architectural Review, 1197, November 1996. excellent commentary and extensive photos and drawings.
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