Spiral concrete staircase at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (designed by Tadao Ando, opened 2002), Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; photographed on 20 June 2026.‹›
Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art

Tadao Ando

Interior · Kobe, Japan · 2002

Photo: Daniel Lu (User:dllu) · 2026-06-20 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 11447×8464

Spiral concrete staircase at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (designed by Tadao Ando, opened 2002), Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; photographed on 20 June 2026.

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