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Otemae Art Center (大手前アートセンター)

Nishinomiya, Hyōgo

Sources checked October 2026

“The art centre of a Nishinomiya university campus, where students show their work.”

Year: 1992
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: University art centre
Access: Exhibition hall of a university campus, open during its events

Tadao Ando designed this art centre on the さくら夙川 campus of Otemae University, opened in 1992. It hosts exhibitions, lectures, mini-concerts and presentations of student work.

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History

The art centre has stood since 1992 on the さくら夙川 campus of Otemae University (大手前大学) in Nishinomiya. It was designed by Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄). Some fifteen years later, in 2007, the university added the Media Library CELL to this campus, a library and a venue for educational and cultural activities.

Use today

The art centre is the university's venue for cultural activity: it holds exhibitions, lectures, mini-concerts and presentations of student work. Among them is the graduation show of the students of architecture and the arts.