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Sumitomo Building
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Category: Office use
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Architect: Sumitomo Eizen Design Office (Eikichi HASEBE, Kenzo TAKEKOSHI)
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Construction: Obayashi-gumi
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Year: 1926
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Additional Construction: First phase；1926, Second phase；1930
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Location:
Osaka
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On a site in central Osaka, stands one of the prime examples of early modern office buildings in Japan. It is the headquarters for Sumitomo, one of the major conglomerates of Japan. The objective in design was to demonstrate the fluency in the European architectural historic styles, (i.e., the assimilation of which by Japanese architects was a long sought ambition since the Meiji era), while at the same time, to disclose developing buds of the architectural aesthetics of the modern movement. The five-story bank/ office building has a parti of two internal light courts. The bank interior affords a distinguished three-level atrium space defined by 31 Italian travertine Corinthian columns. By contrast, the exterior facade, composed in a flat and thick wall made of ivory color Ryuzan stone with the systematically aligned orthogonal window cutouts, imparts the modern austere look almost like that of rationalism. When most of the banks preferred the classical architectural style for their buildings, it is significant to note that the new architectural concept based upon the aesthetics of the modern architecture was considered, at least for the outside, appropriate for the headquarters of the major conglomerate.
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docomomo選定年度：1999
Office use
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NCRビル
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パレスサイドビル
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ポーラ五反田ビル
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ヤマトインターナショナル
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中産連ビル
Osaka
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住吉の長屋
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千里ニュータウン
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塩野義製薬研究所
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大丸心斎橋店
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大阪ガスビルディング
1920～1929
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小菅刑務所・管理棟
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清心高等女学校
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鶴巻鶴一邸
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千住郵便局電話事務室
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ライジングサン石油会社共同住宅
