December 15, 2005
Snapshots of Tokyo
First evening in Tokyo - looking out across the city from the Hayat roof top bar
Night.light TODS
Inside touchy-feely PRADA
Capsule living
Liquid sky
Crossing the road just became interesting
Breakfast at the fish market
Ramen lunch
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Hands
big hands. small heads.
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December 13, 2005
Natural Light
Nothing can beat good old day-light.
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Temple Gardens
Kyoto is no exception from the Japanese culture of tidyness and cleanliness. These workers are fast and very efficient.
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MACIEJ OVERWHELMED BY CHOICE
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Golden Pavilion
Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Apparently was burned down 20 years ago and completely rebuilt.
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looking in
restaurant in kyoto
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December 12, 2005
vinoly
tokyo international forum by raffie vinoly. a snip at US$1,500,000,000. and certainly v cool.
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December 11, 2005
Yokohama workshop
Monia, Sandra, Miho and Natasha slept in this tent. Motion sensors triggering the light inside the tent meant you had to sleep very VERY still.
Another set of 'beds' in the accommodation exhibition in the Yokohama Triennale
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December 10, 2005
port terminal
Yokohama Port Terminal by FOA
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bow wow
from atelier bow wow. i really liked this building: set into the park; grass on roof; wavy form; cones made of tubular steel for services and structure.
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Adv Str.
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Japan Trip LIGHT
Light in Yokohama
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December 09, 2005
MAciej
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December 08, 2005
BRIGHT LIGHTS + BIG SIGNS
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hitoshi abe
beautiful stadium from atelier hitoshi abe in sendai. we were shown around by two very kind and helpful young architects. the office was impressive also. they were working on a huge model of a resort. uber cool.
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tube train
just who is the dude with the newspaper
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Inter 3 and Toyo Ito
In front Toyo Ito's office
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December 07, 2005
Cramped living
A neat solution; these car storage units go up and down - allowing for multiple cars to be stored in a tight space.
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Darkness
There are areas of darkness in the City;
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Renzo Piano
A building of glass, and very swanky.
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ito + eisenman
the new Toyo Ito building opened on the 10th of December
Eisenman in Tokyo. Koizumi Lighting Headquarters. The unit had mixed reviews. Overall - the vote would be been more on Eisenman's side if the building would have been grayscale... I think the pink frightened them.
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Stuck
Patrick got stuck in the Herzog + DeMeuron Changing rooms in the Prada store on Omotesando. took 30 minutes to finally get out. though he might have to overnight there as the staff were reluctant to break the glass to extricate him.
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December 06, 2005
Train
Coloured lights are everywhere - they certainly haven't been captured.
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Clear distinction
Weird how tidy Tokyo is, yet you find these spots where, well, it stinks
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December 04, 2005
tod's by ito
on omotesando. outstanding skin. But just a box. Too overwhelmed by ennui to inspect interior which was univerally considered bit of a let-down. but still v v cool. much better than the mikimoto building.
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First Night in Tokyo
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