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The Regional Headquarters of Toyota by Oscar Niemeyer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [1975]The Regional Headquarters of Toyota by Oscar Niemeyer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [1975]The Regional Headquarters of Toyota by Oscar Niemeyer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [1975]

The Regional Headquarters of Toyota by Oscar Niemeyer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [1975]


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The Sheraton Hotel in Damascus by Lucio Barbera in 1978. The hotel comprises a six-storey, compact UThe Sheraton Hotel in Damascus by Lucio Barbera in 1978. The hotel comprises a six-storey, compact UThe Sheraton Hotel in Damascus by Lucio Barbera in 1978. The hotel comprises a six-storey, compact UThe Sheraton Hotel in Damascus by Lucio Barbera in 1978. The hotel comprises a six-storey, compact U

The Sheraton Hotel in Damascus by Lucio Barbera in 1978.

The hotel comprises a six-storey, compact U-shaped, building overlooking a series of descending landscaped gardens and a pool. These are all symetrically laid out along an axis which leads down to the center of Omayyad Square.

A monumental fountain is the upper focus of the axis, and is complemented at the lower end of the site by an oasis" of palms sheltering another fountain. The hotel rooms are arranged on the upper five floors.


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Signification I© T.M. FletcherThis concrete relief, designed by Jim Meldrum, decorates the lift towe

Signification I

© T.M. Fletcher

This concrete relief, designed by Jim Meldrum, decorates the lift tower at the southern end of the Wickham Terrace Car Park. The car park is one of several modernist structures in Brisbane designed by architect James Birrell. It was constructed in 1959-60. It was added to the state heritage register in 1995.


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Yonago Public Hall. 1958. Tottori

Architect: Togo Murano

Phographer: Shinnichi Ito

Setagaya City Hall, 1960. Architect Kunio Maekawa. Photographer Shinnichi Ito

Setagaya City Hall, 1960. Architect Kunio Maekawa. 

Photographer Shinnichi Ito


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Kameki Tsuchiura House interior. Architect: Kameki Tschiura. Tokyo. 1935.


:Joe Shimizu

Ichimura Memorial Gymnasium . 1963. Saga Architects: Junzo Sakakura Photographer : unknown

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