Le Corbusier-designed Tokyo museum endorsed for World Heritage list

Le Corbusier-designed Tokyo museum endorsed for World Heritage list

Visitors line up to enter the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo on May 18, 2016, a day after the Japanese government said that a UNESCO advisory panel has recommended listing 17 structures designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, including the museum, as World Heritage sites. The endorsement is expected to be finalized at a World Heritage Committee meeting in July in Turkey. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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