The Japanese city of Inuyama is home toMeiji Mura , an heroic open - air museum where visitor can tour some five dozen of the Meiji Period ’s most classifiable building . During the geological era , whichbeganwith a political coup in 1868 and lasted until 1912 , Japan was greatly influenced by Westernarchitecture . One westerly architect represented at the museum isFrank Lloyd Wright , who was tapped to reimagine Tokyo ’s survive Imperial Hotel in the other 1910s .
TheFallingwaterarchitect blended Japanese pattern constituent with his trademarkMayan Revival flairto make an H - influence , 250 - elbow room hotel that boast a type of lava rock know asoya . According to theFrank Lloyd Wright Foundation , it was also “ organise on a blow base with reenforce brand ” that helped protect the edifice from earthquakes .
The new and improved Imperial Hotel opened to guests in 1923 , but was torn down in the late sixties so an even new and more improved adaptation could be built in its berth . However , a couple central office of Wright ’s design survived : the lobby and reflecting pocket billiards . These were relocated to Meiji Mura , where you may still see them today .
Seeing the remainder of the hotel as it stood in Wright ’s heyday is potential , too , though not precisely in 3D. AsMy Modern Met reports , the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust used photographs , blueprints , and other archival materials to produce a 13 - minute virtual tour of the entire demesne . The video recording is part of a project calledFrank Lloyd Wright : The Lost Works , which “ fetch Wright ’s demolish and unrealised structures to life through immersive digital brio , ” according to thetrust ’s website .
Explore more of Wright ’s Imperial Hotel for yourself below .
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