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Context: Cecil Balmond − the Poetic in what there is
Detail: Your work is so diverse that people must wonder whether you are an engineer, artist or scientist. How would you describe yourself? Balmond: I ...
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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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Main Stadium in Kaohsiung
In 2009, the World Games were held in Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The architectural competition for the main stadium was won by Toyo Ito with a flowing, dyna...
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Discussion: Spaces for a 21st century society – an interview with Toyo Ito
This January, Japanese architect Toyo Ito was awarded the DETAIL Honorary Prize 2011 for his fascinating and exceptionally diverse lifetime achievemen...
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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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