Mitsui Main Building
Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Japan
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Located in Tokyo's Nihonbashi-Muromachi district, the Mitsui Main Building is a Beaux-Arts office tower completed in 1929 by the American architectural firm Trowbridge & Livingston. Constructed of steel-reinforced concrete, the structure exemplifies early twentieth-century commercial modernism adapted to Japan's urban landscape. Designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan, it stands as a significant example of Western architectural influence during the interwar period in Japanese business architecture.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- office building
- Materials
- steel reinforced concrete
- Heritage
- Important Cultural Property of Japan
- Place
- Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Japan
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