National Museum of Western Art was designed by the Swiss architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887–1965), who is more popularly known as Le Corbusier. It is the only representative example of his work in the Far East; and the "New York Times" review of its opening suggested that the building itself presented an "artistic significance and beauty" which rivaled the paintings inside. The multi-story, reinforced concrete building was completed in March 1959 as a symbol of the resumption of diplomatic ties between Japan and France after World War II. The museum was built to house the collection of works gathered by the industrialist Matsukata Kojiro between 1920
Charles Reeves (architect) Charles Reeves (architect) Charles Reeves (1815 – 6 December 1866) was a British architect, particularly of police stations and county courts. Reeves was born in 1815 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. He studied under Thomas Loader of Romsey in Hampshire, and Richard Suter (father of Richard George Suter) and Annesley Voysey of London. From 1843 he was architect and surveyor to the Metropolitan Police, designing and superintending forty-four new police stations. In 1847 he also became architect to the county courts in England and Wales, established the previous year; he designed and superintended sixty-four new courts across the country. He maintained a