Many local architects complain that these high-end follies are not serious architecture, but gimmicky flash. In many cases they are right. But that’s O.K. Form, as any architect will learn, follows function. In this case it’s selling a name and a mystique. — NYT
Sam Lubell visited Tokyo for some "architectural shopping", taking in the works of many architecture stars (including Herzog and De Meuron, Toyo Ito, Sanaa and MVRDV), for global luxury brands. Thus the requisite trips to sites in Omotesando and Ginza.
If you were looking for "spectacular, game of architectural one–upmanship" in Tokyo where would you visit? Over at Google Map Tour Guide Central (an old feature from 2007), Ludwig Abache offered-up a "version of 'ICON's Magazine Architectural Trail' Aoyama and Harakuju."
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