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Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima

RIBA Ref No RIBA80217
Architect/DesignerTange, Kenzo (1913-2005)
Artist/PhotographerBarr, John
CountryJapan
CityHiroshima
Subject Date1952
Image Date2011
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumDigital image
Library Reference126
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditJohn Barr / RIBA Collections
SubjectPublic buildings ; War memorials ; Parks ; Water features ; Arches
NOTES: Tange designed this memorial to the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb based on an idea by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. It was originally constructed (in 1952) in concrete but this had deteriorated to such a degree that the memorial was rebuilt in 1985 in granite.
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