Museum of Fruit
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| Museum of Fruit | |
| Designer | Itsuko Hasegawa |
| Location | Yamanashi, Japan |
| Date | 1996 |
| Building Type | museum and greenhouse |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | High Tech Modern, Expressionist Modern |
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| Notes | Composed of serveral different but related curvaceous fruit-like glazed forms. Ove Arup and Partners, Japan, engineers. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Museum_of_Fruit.html |
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Commentary
The museum is located in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, surrounded by vineyards, and within sight of Mount Fuji.
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Phoebe Chow. "Museum of Fruit", The Architectural Review, March, 1996, Volume CXCIX No 1189. Commentary, plan and section drawings and many photographs, p43-47.
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