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  "path": "/places/organic-building",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T15:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.atlasobscura.com",
  "tags": [
    "architecture",
    "plants",
    "architectural oddities",
    "buildings"
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  "textContent": "Japanese buildings have a wide variety of architectural styles, creating colorful hodgepodges wherever one goes, rarely coordinated to fit together like in many European cities. The organic building is a great example of this.\n\nThe structure was conceptualized by Gaetano Pesce in the mid 80s and opened in 1993, at that time a completely unique building that combined nature and architecture in one.\n\nThe building is covered with a dark fiberglass exterior, with each panel sporting a 'trumpet' that is pointed up at the sky. These trumpets each contain an unique plant, and are outfitted with an irrigation system that controls the level of moisture that the plant needs. In this way over 80 species can live in a very small area.\n\nThe building is an office for a food processing company specializing in seaweed.",
  "title": "Organic Building in Osaka, Japan"
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