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Keywords Change this
Luxury Retail, Glass Tiles, Glass
Project timeline
1998 – 2001
Type
Retail
Location Change this
Chuo-ku Tokyo
Japan
Architect Change this
Maison Hèrmes Tokyo Change this
Description Change this
It was the architect Renzo Piano's goal to translate the elegance of the French fashion house Hèrmes into a transparent and thin building in the heart of Tokyo's fashionable shopping district Ginza. The building is elevated 14 floors above ground and three below for a total surface of 6,000 square metres.
The tower is entirely wrapped in a crystal skin. The same square module of glass was used 13,000 times to establish the homogeneous facade create the effect of a great japanese lantern lighting up at night. Every element of the building was designed to withstand earthquakes and absorb seismic shockwaves. Similarities with the iconic Maison de verre, a Parisian modernist building, cannot be denied.
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