Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tokyo City Hall)

Exterior: Facade, Building No. 1

Japanese Architecture
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tokyo City Hall)
Image
Tokyo_City_Hall_0085
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Creator

Tange, Kenzo
Japanese
1913-2005
Date

1991

Location

Tokyo (Japan)

Material/Technique

steel
granite
aluminum

Work Type

architecture
Notes

There are three buildings that make up the entirety of Tokyo City Hall: Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No. 1, Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No. 2, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building. Building No. 1, the tallest, is axially aligned with the Assembly Building.

Culture

Japanese
Image Date
May, 2010
Image Source

The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Photographer
Jonathan Reynolds