TOD’S Omotesando Building, Tokyo Store, Japan Development, Japanese Architecture, Architect
TOD’S Omotesando Building, Tokyo
Shibuya-ku Store: Japanese Architecture Development – design by Toyo Ito, architect
20 Mar 2013
TOD’S Omotesando Building
Design: Toyo Ito & Associates
Date: 2004
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
photos : Nacasa & Partners Inc.
This is an intriguing Japanese store design by one of the most celebrated architects in Japan. The Shibuya-ku store building is characterised by the criss-cross facade structure, an unusual hatched treatment of solid and void.
TOD’S Omotesando Building information / images from Pritzker Prize
photograph © Robert Day
Toyo Ito – Japanese architecture studio
The building is located in Yoyogi 01/05/15, Omotesando, the famous tree-lined avenue and the most prestigious shopping street Tokyo in the Aoyama district, Japan.
The building is surrounded by a skin of interlocking concrete supports and glass, mimicking the trees lining the street.
Technical Architect: ES Associates
Structural Engineer: Oak Structural Design Office
Electrical Engineer: Lightdesign Inc.
Construction Company: Takenaka Corporation
Developer: Holpaf B.V.
Date built: 2002-04
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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