Imperial Hotel
- Tokyo, Japan
- Began: 1916
- Opened: 1923
- Demolished: 1963
Wright had long been intrigued by Japanese culture (he was an avid collector of Japanese prints), so when the opportunity came to build a project in Tokyo he lobbied for the project. The hotel was to represent the emergence of Japan as a modern nation and symbolize Japan’s relation to the West. Wright designed the building as a hybrid of Japanese and Western architecture.The Imperial Hotel was demolished in 1968.
