Overview
Antonin Raymond clad this lakeside villa in cedar bark laid in a checkerboard - geometry from raw material.
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The Italian Embassy Villa Memorial Park is a park in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. It was used as the Italian Embassy's villa from 1928 to 1997, and the building has been repaired, restored and developed as a park open to the public. It is one of the many foreign embassy villas built along Lake Chuzenji from the Meiji era onward. The main building is registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. The British Embassy Villa is nearby and is also open to the public.
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Founded / opened：1928 Architect / artist：Antonin Raymond Highlights / collection：Exterior walls of cedar bark in a checkerboard pattern, View of Lake Chuzenji Genre：Architecture
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