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“Minna no Mori” – Media Cosmos in Gifu
Minna no Mori – “a forest for everyone” – is a new media centre with an area of roughly 7,500 m² in Gifu, Japan. On the ground floor are various publi...
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University Library in Taipei
Toyo Ito’s design of the new College of Social Sciences for the renowned National Taiwan University has brought forth a building that is clearly subdi...
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Municipal Funeral Hall in Kakamigahara
"The roof of the “Meiso no mori” (forest of meditation) crematorium seems to float above the ground with a quality of lightness not necessarily associ...
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University Library in Tokyo
In his buildings, Toyo Ito likes to experiment with unusual structures, examples being the Sendai Mediatheque, where he used irregular steel “trees”, ...
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Temporary Pavilion in London
London’s Kensington Gardens are currently enjoying an extraordinary pavilion in the park: a tension-filled sculpture, free of the usual constrai...
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Media Centre in Sendai
Sendai, situated in the north-west of the island of Honshu, possesses the brash charm of a city dominated by administration, commercial and office bui...
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