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ERE Ujina Miyuki Building
Former South Substation of Chugoku Haiden Corp.

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Design : designer not known
Location: 3 Ujina-Miyuki, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City
Original Purpose of Use: Substation
Completed in: 1943
Structure : RC
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This once served as a substation. It didn't sustain much war damage and used as a substation until 1994.
Details are noteworthy. Using curved lines, the architect purposely adopted expressionism, not bleak militarism in design, even though it was built during WWII .


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Created on Mar 29, 2004 Last updated on Oct 23, 2008 Written by makoto Translated by jasmine Photos taken by makoto Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
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