Waseda El Dorado, also known as ''Rhythms of Vision'', is a building designed by the Japanese architect Von Jour Caux and built in August, 1983. It is located near the

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campus in

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, Japan. The building design is a mixture of revival Art Nouveau (or Arts and Crafts) and Japanese culture. Its interior features a

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stave's giant hand pointing down from a ceiling of stained glass. The curving wrought-iron balconies take the form of

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pads, and the wrought-iron banister gracefully zigzags past elegant

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stained-glass windows.

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-designs adorn the ceramic figures, green-gold wallpaper is imprinted by Edo-style woodblocks, and iridescent

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s reflect the art of inlaid

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External links

''Waseda El Dorado'' at the Official site of Von Jour Caux

''The architecture of Tōkyō'' by Hiroshi Watanabe
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