Denki Bunka Kaikan, High-rise building in Sakae 2-chōme, Nagoya, Japan.
Denki Bunka Kaikan is a Chubu Electric Power cultural facility in Sakae 2-chome, Nagoya, opened in July 1986. Floors 1 to 4 hold the Denki no Kagakukan science museum, floor 5 an event hall and two galleries, and two basement levels the 395-seat Shoebox-style Za Concert Hall. The building won the 1986 Nagoya City Urban Landscape Award and the 19th Chubu Architecture Award in 1987.
Denki Bunka Kaikan opened in July 1986 as a cultural facility of Chubu Electric Power. It stands on the site of the Denki Chūō Kyoku, the power station of Nagoya Dentō, the city's first electricity company; the plant was later renamed Dai-ichi Hatsudensho. The building received the 1986 Nagoya City Urban Landscape Award and the 19th Chubu Architecture Award in 1987.
The site housed the Denki Chūō Kyoku, the power station of Nagoya Dentō, the city's first electricity company, later renamed Daiichi Hatsudensho. Today the building holds the Denki no Kagakukan science museum on floors 1 to 4, an event hall and two galleries on the 5th floor, and The Concert Hall in the basement, used for classical and chamber music concerts.
The building stands on the site of the Denki Chūō Kyoku, the power station of Nagoya Dentō, the city's first electric company. The Electricity Museum occupies floors 1 to 4, The Concert Hall is on B2, and the event hall and two galleries are on the 5th floor.
The site once held the Denki Chūō Kyoku power station of Nagoya Dentō, the city's first electricity company; the plant was later renamed Dai-ichi Hatsudensho. The present building opened in July 1986 and won the 1986 Nagoya City Urban Landscape Award and the 19th Chūbu Architecture Prize in 1987.
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