Solid Square forms part of a complex of offices apartments, and services next to Kawasaki section in the Japanese city of Kanagawa, 20 minutes from Tokyo station. It sees both as an entrance atrium for the 100 metres high office blocks and, in the transition zone between the interior and exterior of the building, as a place for relaxation. (more…)

The Tokyo Municipality’s headquarters and square are located in a district of Tokyo called Shinjuku, on three adjoining blocks belonging to the Municipality that join Shinjuku park to the west, surrounded on the remaining sides by office blocks along edges of the multilevel highway. (more…)

Netsuke were miniature sculptures for use as toggles in traditional Japanese dress. They were attached to the obi (sash) around a kimono, from which hung a pouch, pipe case, or series of boxes on a cord. Produced from the 16th century, netsuke were carved from ivory, bone, or wood in many shapes, including peasants, gods, and mythical or real beasts, sometimes humorous. (more…)

The Tower of the Winds is located on an urban centre of accelerated energy typical of Japan’s major cities, which are immersed in the vortex of the twin paradox about architecture that we are proposing.  The primitive ventilation and water tower that existed in the bus terminal square of Yokohama station has been re-covered, following its restoration, by an elliptical cylinder of perforated aluminum some 21 metres high. (more…)

The port of Nagasaki, in the south of Japan, has historically always been very important since it was traditionally the only port open to foreign countries. A series of projects is being undertaken in Nagasaki following the Nagasaki 2001 Urban Renewal plan, supervised by locally based architect Hideto Horiike. (more…)

The importance of the Tokyo Gymnasium lies in the relationship between the structure and the location. The most outstanding feature is a roof which rests on a pair of parallel arches; these form a triangular structure which covers a distance of about 80 metres on the north-south axis and reaches a maximum height of 23 metres at the apex. (more…)