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Category Archives: Architecture
Tadao Ando for Tokyo University
Tadao Ando designed “Fukutake Hall”, which is an institution attached to the University of Tokyo. The construction of the building was completed in March 2008. The unique point of this building is the concrete poles which go through the basement … Continue reading
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SANAA exhibition at New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City presents the first comprehensive exhibition in New York of the works of SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa), one of the most important architects from Japan. This movie is from vernissage.tv … Continue reading
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Hotel Claska renewal
Hotel Claska originally opened 2003 as a “design hotel”. It was actually an old business hotel where you couldn’t find anything special in terms of design. They changed the exterior and interior, and the hotel was reborn as a “design … Continue reading
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Kait-Kobo designed by Junya Ishigami
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami already has an impressive career for his age (33 years old). After working at Kazuyo Sejima & Associates between 2000 – 2004, he established his own company. He works as a product designer, too, and his … Continue reading
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A barbershop in Tokyo renovated by HIROSHI KIKUCHI
Architect Hiroshi Kikuchi has studied under Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. This is one of his latest projects. Basically, this project is to turn an old Japanese house into a barbershop. He arranged the interior of the building. You can see … Continue reading
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Ryuo station designed by Tadao Ando
The construction of Ryuo station in Kai city, Yamanashi, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando has been completed, and they had the opening ceremony on the 23rd. The station has two floors. The length is 120m, and the width is 6m. … Continue reading
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First peek of Toyo Ito’s design for a new Berkeley Art Museum
Toyo Ito’s design for Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is partially unvailed. This is apprently his first project in the US. Only one image is available and it is hard to say what it would be like…but here … Continue reading
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Kengo Kuma designs for iGoogle
Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma has designed for iGoogle. iGoogle is one of Google’s services which let you choose your own theme and customize your Google homepage. This is a project in which many Japanese artists participated and Kengo Kuma is … Continue reading
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Tadao Ando designs Shibuya Station (2)
We have got more details about Tadao Ando’s new project. As we reported in the first article, he designed this oval shaped “Chichusen” (meaning “space ship in the earch”) in the center of the station which has three floors(image below). … Continue reading
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Tadao Ando designs Shibuya station
Tokyo Kyuko Dentetsu, one of the main underground lines in Tokyo, showed Shibuya station under construction. They will open Tokyo Metro Fukutoshinsen on June 14th, 2008. Tadao Ando designed the station which is named “Chichusen” meaning “Space craft for the … Continue reading
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