Category Archives: Architecture

MUJI VILLAGE

Muji and Mitsubishi Jisho, one of the largest Japanese real estate developers, decided to collaborate on a new project called “Muji Village”.  It is a project in which Muji designs the exterior, the interior, and the public space of the … Continue reading

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Tadao Ando designs T-shirt for Uniqlo

Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed a T-shirt for Uniqlo. He designed this T-shirt to promote T-shirt competition organized by Uniqlo. It is 690 yen (6.8 dollar) in Japan.

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Toyo Ito talks

Toyo Ito talks at Tod’s building in Omotesando, Tokyo. The movie is in Japanese, but here are some excerpts from his speech. – There are lots of zelkova trees in this area, so the design of this building is inspired … Continue reading

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Shigeru Ban to Design New Architecturally Significant Building

Photo: Normadic Museum in Santa Monica Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Art Museum (AAM), announced today the selection of Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA) to design a new 30,000 square-foot facility for the AAM. This will … Continue reading

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Atelier Bow-Wow for ORDOS 100

Japanese architect office Atelier Bow-Wow (Yoshiharu Tsukamoto & Momoyo Kaijima) has participated in a project called ORDOS100 in Nei Mongol. Below you can see some details of the project. Source: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_473f90ad0100ae83.html

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Interview with Junya Ishigami

We wrote about “Green Auction”, which Japanese furniture store hhstyle hosted this spring.See the article Here is a interview with Junya Ishigami, one of the designers who participated in the project. (via http://opners.jp) – What is the concept of La … Continue reading

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Next Gene 20 in Taiwan

Here is the promotional movie of Architecture project in Taiawn called “next gene 20”. Among the participants are Japanese architects Kengo Kuma, Akihisa Hirata, Toshiko Mori.Read more about this project: here

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Interview with Tadao Ando

Japanese news paper Mainichi Shimbun interviewed Tadao Ando about his latest work. The following is the summery of the interview. (translated from Japanese) – The structure is impressive…. Tadao Ando: The wind from the ground floor can be combined with … Continue reading

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Architecture by Takao Shiotsuka

Architect Takao Shiotsuka’s works have been receiving attention in Japan, but not very well known abroad. He was born in 1965 and located in Oita, Japan. Most of his works are in and around Oita, but probably it will not … Continue reading

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Tadao Ando and Bono in Dublin

via: U2Miracle.com

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