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omotesando hills

tadao ando’s com­plic­ity in cor­po­rate cul­tural van­dal­ism in cen­tral tokyo. tadao ando is largely admired in the west for his archi­tec­ture of uncom­pro­mis­ing and cool min­i­mal­ism. but the other side to ando’s prac­tice is an uncom­pro­mis­ing and cool com­mer­cial­ism. omote­sando hills is the hara­juku devel­op­ment … Read More

zen 10

more zen, less zen

what is the colour of wind?

aoyama 9

tokyo glass

in the aoyama area of tokyo  comme des garçons store (flag­ship with aspi­ra­tions to star­ship; the store was designed by the label’s chief designer and founder, fash­ion leg­end  rei kawakubo) also the much pho­tographed arrest­ing design of her­zog and du meu­ron’s prada store.

city 6

city

the city, how­ever, does not tell its past, but con­tains it like the lines of a hand, writ­ten in the cor­ners of the streets, the grat­ings of the win­dows, the ban­is­ters of the steps, the anten­nae of the light­ning rods, the poles of the flags, … Read More

tokyo 8

tokyo: ebisu and midtown mono

prea pithu  009

khmer: prea pithu; siem reap

angkor thom (west gate)  010

khmer: angkor thom (west gate); siem reap

Ta keo  012

khmer: ta keo, siem reap iii

amansara(l) 6

amansara. siem reap, cambodia

amansara (l) 5

amansara. siem reap, cambodia