From afar it may appear like just another cylindrical tower, something like Nairobi's Hilton Hotel in Kenya or Manfred Hermer's Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, Toyo Ito's Tower of Winds in Yokohama, Japan is more than just a cylindrical form. It is...
Concrete and light. Tadao Ando's principal focus on simplicity and minimalist aesthetics in the Church of the Light is silencing. The church is located in a typical Japanese suburb, a cram of tradition and modernism on the outskirts of Osaka. Its load bearing walls are...
One of the most prevalent challenges in designing for an art school is to impress. It’s no mean feat when you know that there are student artists and teaching artists all of whom are eagerly waiting for something that beats their imagination. Toyo Ito is...
The Dazaifu Tenmangu is one of the most popular religious destinations in Japan. Built in 919 AD, the Shinto shrine sees about 2 million pilgrims a year, who come to pay homage to the famed 'god of examinations'. The walk up to the shrine has...
Standing at the Bella Vista Sakaigahama Resort Hotel in Onomichi, Hiroshima; is a majestic wedding chapel on a hill that enjoys a panoramic view of the Inland Sea of Japan. How could the act of marriage be encapsulated in space? Well, by entwining two spiral...