Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyō, born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's ...
The Sendai Mediatheque held its official opening in January 2001. Ito also refers to Mies' Barcelona Pavilion and Le Corbusier’s Dom-ino house as precedents for his work, and indeed, the Mediatheque appears to mix concepts from the two projects, combining le Corbusier’s play with slab and column structure, with Mies “fluid” spatial effects achieved through combined transparency and ...
For the architectural design of the Upper Hall, the Nationalgalerie commissioned the Japanese architect Toyo Ito.In collaboration with architects Florian Busch and Christoph Cellarius, Ito transformed Mies van der Rohe's glass shrine into an exciting space, a completely new experience in which art and architecture have melt in an unusual fusion.
The Hachioji Library, situated between Tama Art University's main gate and the center of campus, opened in 2007 after three years of construction. Designed by the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architecture firm Toyo Ito & Associates, [3] the Hachioji campus library has been featured in a variety of professional architecture publications, including DETAIL, Architectural Review, and ...
Omotesandō is known as one of the foremost 'architectural showcase' streets in the world, featuring a multitude of fashion flagship stores within a short distance of each other. These include the Louis Vuitton store (Jun Aoki, 2002), Tod's (Toyo Ito, 2004), Dior (SANAA, 2004), Omotesandō Hills (Tadao Ando, 2005) and Gyre (MVRDV, 2007 ...
The White U House was a building in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan designed by Toyo Ito in 1976. The building was demolished in 1997. [1] Ito designed the building as a house for his older sister following the loss of her husband. [1] The house is one of Ito's most seminal projects. [2]
The International Museum of the Baroque (Museo Internacional del Barroco, MIB) is a museum of Baroque art designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito [1] located in Puebla, Mexico. [2] It opened on February 4, 2016. [3] [4]
The Ito-Balmond Serpentine Pavilion is a structure designed by Cecil Balmond and Toyo Ito and originally built for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion programme in London's Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, in 2002 and now part of a restaurant in southern France. [1] It focuses on modern and contemporary art.