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Architects: Hakuten Corporation
- Area: 10 m²
- Year: 2021
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Ginza Ecological Map / Hakuten Corporation
YAGICHO-HONTEN / Schemata Architects
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Architects: Schemata Architects
- Area: 45 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: DECOR Inc.
Ginza Place / Klein Dytham architecture + TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers
- Area: 7350 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Colour Kinetics Japan, FUJITEC, Fuji Sash, Nissan
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Professionals: SIRIUS LIGHTING OFFICE, Taisei Corporation
A House in Tsukishima / ICADA
Tokyu Plaza Ginza / Nikken Sekkei
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Architects: Nikken Sekkei
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: FUJITEC, Panasonic, Permasteelisa, Toto
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Professionals: NIKKEN SEKKEI
Renovation of "KANBAN-style" / Rei Mitsui Architects
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Architects: Rei Mitsui Architects
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Chukei Techno, Knobs & Knockers, WEST inx Ltd.
The PARK・ING Ginza / Nobuo Araki/The Archetype
House in Ningyo-cho / K+S Architects
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Architects: K+S Architects
- Area: 54 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: K+S Architects
Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza Facade Renewal / Jun Aoki & Associates
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Architects: Jun Aoki & Associates
- Area: 1475 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Taisei Corporation
Dear Ginza / amano design office
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Architects: amano design office
- Area: 155 m²
- Year: 2013
AD Classics: Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center / Kenzo Tange
“Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.” - Kenzo Tange
In honor of what would have been Kenzo Tange’s 100th birthday, AD Classics presents one of the Japanese master’s most iconic projects - the Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center. Built in 1967, the building was the first spatial realization of Tange’s Metabolist ideas of organically-inspired structural growth, developed in the late 1950s. The Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center is far more significant than its relatively small size would suggest, encapsulating the concepts of the new Metabolistic order in architecture and urban planning that prevailed in post-World War II Japan.
More about this icon of Metabolism after the break….