Commercial Facility

Tokyo Design Center

Mario Bellini 1991.12 When I was taken to the spot, I was immediately attracted by the immense difficulties of the task: to design what was to be the Tokyo Design Center on an area that was both important and extremely difficult. Facing a very wide avenue, the Sakurada Dori, and visible every day b

TOKYU PLAZA GINZA

Tokyu Plaza Ginza is a large-scale commercial lease building, constructed in Ginza, a traditional commercial district of Tokyo. The complementary themes of its design are tradition and innovation. The external design is made to resemble the faceted glass of the Edo era, acting as a “container of lig

Marugoto Nippon

Marugoto Nippon is a commercial facility launched by TOKYO RAKUTENCHI GROUP in December 2015 with the purpose to reinvigorate the Asakusa Rokku district. The space from the first to the fourth floors is occupied by renowned regional businesses from 20 municipalities and nearly 50 regions that were p

NISSAN CROSSING

NISSAN CROSSING occupies the first two floors of Ginza’s new landmark—GINZA PLACE. The impressive appearance of GINZA PLACE—designed by Klein Dytham architecture based on the motif of “FRETWORK,” a traditional carving technique—matches with Ginza’s Tokyu Plaza Building that draws its inspiration fro

2Ｆ3Ｆ4Ｆ Isetan Shinjuku Main Store

Department stores all over the world have been placed in a difficult position by Internet society and IT technologies. Mechanisms of distribution and prices have become global, giving rise to Amazon and Uniqlo. However, there exists a rare department store that has managed to overthrow these mechani

Omotesando Hills Dojunkan

Dojunkan is a foundation established as a reconstruction support initiative after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that aimed to provide unburnable steel-reinforced concrete housing. Dojukan’s apartments were the first steel-reinforced concrete facilities to ever appear in Japan and thus retained eno

Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku

Shopping buildings all over the world resemble each other. They end up being alike since they are constructed with the economic interest of increasing tenants’ fees in mind. However, the Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku overruled the typology of shopping buildings by making an unconventional use of i