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Saigon Sketches
Trụ sở Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Head Office is the city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was built between 1902 and 1908 in a French colonial style by architect Fernand Gardè. |
Bảo tàng chứng tích chiến tranh
The War Remnants Museum opened on 4 September 1975 as the Exhibition House for US and Puppet Crimes, located in the former United States Information Agency building, formerly known as the "Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes". |
70 NÀM NGÀY CHỦ TỊCH
HỒ CHÍ MINH
A street view of Ho Chi Minh City with an old-style rotating billboard that uses prism-shaped elements to show three different ads: one for an energy drink, one for Harb tea and one for a celebration of the National Day. |
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Imperial Decor Tokyo
Washington Heights / The Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Washington Heights was a US military housing complex built in 1946 during the Allied occupation of Japan. It was located next to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, a Shinto shrine dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken, built in 1920. For the 1964 Summer Olympics, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tabge, was built on the site of Washington Heights, and the houses were used for the athletes' village. Today, the site includes Yoyogi Park, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the NHK Broadcasting Centre and other facilities. |
The Aoyama Park South District
The Aoyama Park South District is located in Roppongi, Tokyo. It is behind the National Art Center, designed by Kisho Kurokawa,
next to the hill of the Azabu Heliport and the Hardy Barracks, facilities of the United States Army in Japan since 1945. |
表参道 Omotesando
Omotesando is a Zelkova tree-lined avenue, the approach to Meiji Shrine. From the Allied occupation of Japan until 1964, it was also the main road to Washington Heights, making it the fashion and shopping street for military wives. |
赤坂離宮 Akasaka Rikyū
Akasaka Palace is a state guesthouse of the Japanese government, located in Minato Ward, Tokyo, about 3km from the US military Azabu Heliport. Often used for government press conferences and publicity photos.
The neo-baroque building was built in 1909 as the Crown Prince's Imperial Palace, designed by architect Katayama Tokuma. |
明治神宮外苑 Meiji Shrine Outer Garden
The Meiji Shrine Outer Garden was established in 1926 as a memorial to Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken, after the death of the Meiji emperor in 1912. The garden includes the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery and the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium. Other sports facilities include an indoor ice rink and a tennis club. It is located next to the Japan National Stadium and the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium between the Akasaka Palace.
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Stockholm
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Skandia Cinema, Stockholm. Gunnar Asplund, 1922-1923.
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Skogskyrkogården
Skogskyrkogården / The Woodland Cemetery, was built between 1919 and 1940. It is 123 hectares of pine forest with chapels and a crematorium. The landscape and architecture were designed by Swedish architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz. They stage the modern rituals of death in Stockholm.
Granitkorset, Heliga korsets kapell Skogskapellet Uppståndelsekapellet
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청와대
Non_broadcasting Time / Cheong Wa Dae (Korean: 청와대; Hanja: 靑瓦臺; lit. Cyan-tile Pavilion), also known as the Blue House in English, is a public park that formerly served as the presidential residence and the diplomatic reception halls of South Korea from 1948 to 2022. It is located in the Jongno district of the South Korean capital Seoul.
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There are no ghosts after the revolution.
Sketches of the city of Guangzhou, China.
The frames of propaganda posters in public spaces, cage windows and balconies of public housing. Gungzhou is also known as home to Asia's largest African migrant population.
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Московский государственный университет
The main building of Moscow State University, a 239-metre (784 ft), 36-level skyscraper in Moscow, Russia. Designed by Lev Rudnev, for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1949.
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