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

Photographer: John Barr and Architect: Kenzō Tange (1913-2005)2011

Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects
London, United Kingdom

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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  • Title: Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima
  • Creator: Photographer: John Barr, Architect: Kenzō Tange (1913-2005)
  • Date Created: 2011
  • Location Created: Hiroshima, Japan
  • Rights: John Barr / RIBA Collections
  • Medium: Digital image
Royal Institute of British Architects

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