The avant-garde architect Kiyonori Kikutake designed the structure as a modern homage to the Edo period takayuka-shiki souko (storehouses built on stilts).
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Jonathan DeLise,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
Although that effort met resistance after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war as Israel began to regularly conduct strikes on weapons storehouses in Syria and on convoys facilitated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran still managed to keep Hezbollah armed.
Those roles fall to separate custodians and depositories.
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Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
Retirees who opt for gold bars often use insured third-party depositories or bank safe deposit boxes rather than home storage, which adds annual costs but also reduces theft risk and simplifies estate planning, both of which are important considerations.
These projects offer a potential solution to the long-standing debate over permanent geological repositories, shifting the paradigm from long-term burial to active, productive reuse.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
Their stories were not even preserved in the usual repositories of collective memory, such as folktale, song, and dance, Morrison speculated, because those who crossed the Atlantic with them would have been loath to share their memories.
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