Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi Architecture, Japan Library Building, Japanese Architecture
Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
Miyagi Library Building – design by Toyo Ito, architect
19 Mar 2013
Miyagi Library
Design: Toyo Ito & Associates
photograph : Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Location: Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan
Dates built: 1995-2001
photo : Nacasa & Partners Inc.
photos : Tomio Ohashi
Sendai Mediatheque images / information from Pritzker Prize
This library building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, was designed by Toyo Ito in 1995 and completed in 2001.
After a public consultation, an architectural competition was held for the design of the Mediatheque, and in March 1995 Toyo Ito and Associates Architects was named the winner out of 235 competing proposals.
Address: 2-1 Kasugamachi, Aoba Ward, 仙台市青葉区 Miyagi Prefecture 980-0821, Japan
Height: 36 m
Architectural style: Conceptual architecture
Location: Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan, East Asia
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