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Category: Architecture
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It Glows Green
Last week while in some backstreets of Harajuku (towards the Bape Cafe), I was struck by these glowing green lights on theses panels hiding some construction work.
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New Bic Camera
The Bic Camera store you see in the back — that’s actually their flagship store, located here in Ikebukuro — has just undergone major renovations, finally revealing this beautiful white exterior (you can’t see it here, but there are brand names written on white all over the building).
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Nicolas G. Hayek Center
The other day I passed by Swatch Group Japan‘s new Nicolas G. Hayek Center in Ginza, with a design headed by Shigeru Ban. I was in a hurry, so only had time to snap a few shots. The elevators — each one also acts as a showroom, and connects to one of the 7 stores…
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Swatch Group Japan’s Nicolas G. Hayek Center
I’m surprised I missed this — I was even in Ginza yesterday for one of my gallery tours — but Swatch Group Japan’s Nicolas G. Hayek Center (7-9-18 Ginza), designed by Shigeru Ban, is now open. The photo above comes from this TimeZone post, which includes a few more shots of the building.
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Keiji Ashizawa’s 2 Courts House
I mentioned Keiji Ashizawa’s 2 Courts House in Shirogane a while back, when he had posted a few photos on his site, and now comes an entire gallery of the finished home. Yes, I could definitely see myself living there. Keiji has also updated the English side of his site.
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SANAA Houses
Actar previews the upcoming SANAA HOUSES book. Sanaa’s housing projects, both finished (House A, S House, House in a Plum Grove, Small House and Moriyama House), and unfinished projects (Flower House, Garden & House, Seijo Apartments, Ichikawa Apartments, House in China and Eda Apartments). SANAA’s architecture embraces complexities within deceptively simple appearances. It has many…
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Terunobu Fujimori at Tokyo Opera City
[Insert in personal agenda] In need of seeing before July 1: “Architecture of Terunobu Fujimori and ROJO” at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. It would seem others have enjoyed it.