ginza architecture

prob­a­bly the most pho­tographed area of tokyo. dur­ing the heady days of japan’s bub­ble econ­o­my in the late ‘eight­ies, it was rumoured that this area of toky­o’s land val­ue was greater than the whole of los ange­les.

just to show i’m still alive — here are some pic­tures of toyo ito’s miki­mo­to pearl build­ing, and the de beers build­ing — designed by jun mit­sui.