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Parallel Nippon: Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996-2006
This exhibition is made in cooperation with the Architectural Institute of Japan. It focuses on Japanese architecture of 1996-2006, with the aim of conveying accurate picture of Japan’ s architectural profession in those ten years, during which it generated new forms of value through fine-tuned designs adapted to the evolving demands of the times.
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February 7-February 27, 2012
National Museum "Gallery 1" (Manama,The Kingdom of Bahrain )
November 30-December 9, 2011
Architectural Department, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad (Baghdad,Iraq)
November 20-Novemver 26, 2011
Academic Center, Baghdad (Baghdad,Iraq)
September 15 - October 14, 2011
The Gallery of the National Bank of Serbia (Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro)
July 16 - August 6, 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb, Croatia)
May 30 - July 3,2011
Benaki Museum (Athens, Greece)
March 24 - April 22, 2011
Architecture Center Houston (Houston, USA)
December7,2010 - January 30, 2011
（São Paulo, Brazil）
September 30, - October 21, 2010
Art Museum of Belem (Belem, Brazil)
September 1, - 21, 2010
Espaco Cultural Renato Russo (Brasilia, Brazil)
August 31, - September 19, 2010
Espaco Cultural Renato Russo (Brasilia)
August 3, - 22, 2010
Usina Cultural Energisa (Joao Pessoa, Brazil)
July 5, - 20, 2010
National History Museum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
May 28, - June 20, 2010
Memorial of Curitiba (Curitiba, Brazil)
April 29, - May 18, 2010
Faculty of Arquitecture, Rio Grande do Sul Pontifice Catholic University (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
February 13, - March 13, 2010
SANTAFE GALLERY of THE BOGOTA PLANETARIUM (Bogota, Colombia)
November 10, 2009 - January 11, 2010
Design Exchange (Toronto, Canada)
*The Japan Foundation, Toronto is the secondary venue where the Origamic Architecture Exhibition will be held from November 16, 2009 through February 25, 2010.
August 26 - September 26, 2009
University of Francisco Marroquin Exposition Hall (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
June 25 - July 26, 2009
National Museum of Architecture (Mexico City, Mexico)
May 19 - June 7, 2009
Cabanas Cultural Institute (Guadalajara, Mexico)
March 18 - 31, 2009
National Library of Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
January 5 - 26, 2009
Burj el Fateh Hotel (Khartoum, Sudan)
November 14 - 28, 2008
Urban Center Milano (Milano, Italy)
July 21 - September 12, 2008
Supreme Building Authority Part of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior (Entrance Hall) (Munich, Germany)
April 15 - June 21, 2008
The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris (Paris, France)
January 23 - March 31, 2008
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
November 7, 2007 - January 7, 2008
Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome (Rome, Italy)
October 13 - 21, 2007
Luxexpo (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
May 31 - June 14, 2007
University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran)
*Exhibition in Japan (Date: October 21 to December 3, 2006 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Shabi))
Exhibition Catalogue Issued
An exhibition catalogue of "Parallel Nippon: Contemporary Japanese Architecture
1996-2006" has been published as a spring edition of The Japan Architect,
a quarterly magazine in English and Japanese.
Parallel
Nippon: Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996-2006 Japan Architect,
Sprig issue, vol. 65, 2007 (Tokyo: Shinkenchiku-sha)
Price in Japan: ¥2,500 (excluding tax)
Price outside of Japan: ¥5,200 (¥3,200 and shipping fee of ¥2,000)
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Designed by Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates
Photo by SANAAThe Gallary of Horyuji Tresures at the Tokyo National Museum
Designed by Yoshio Taniguchi
Photo by Toshiharu Kitajima -
Sendai Mediatheque
Designed by Toyoo Ito
Photo by NAKASA & PARTNERS INC.Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
Designed by Fumio Toki Associates
Photo by Satoru Mishima of Nikkei Business Publishing, Inc. 
Prada Boutique Aoyama
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron associated with Takenaka Corporation Design Section
Photo by Nakasa & Partners Inc
Maison Hermès
Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Rena Duma, and Michio Jinushi of Takenaka Corporation Design Section
Photo by Japan-Architect of Shinkenchiku-sha