Tokyo National Art Center

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On our recent voyage to Japan, Tokyo proved to be our favourite destination – full of colour, youth culture, fresh design and architecture amongst many other things. One stunning structure which caught our attention, however, was the Tokyo National Art Center.

A stunning construction of glass and concrete, the building appears from afar to be more akin to a crystal than your typical building. The centre was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and located in Roppongi, the unofficial modern architecture district of Tokyo. Details »

Toyo Ito is coming to town

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If there are any other local Melbournites around on the 17th of Feb, than make sure you check out the international speaker series put on by the RAIA –
Gracing our shores will be the highly accredited and heavily awarded, Toyo Ito.

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For those of you off shore it I thought I’d put together a few images of Ito’s amazing work.. but first a little background.

Toyo Ito 1941- is considered “one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects” (Designboom).

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Gluttony Lamp by Luis Luna; a unique and superbly presented lighting visual.

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The “Gluttony” Lamp by designer Luis Luna,

Luis currently residing in Durango, Mexico, describes herself as “a full time dreamer, part time designer and occasional storyteller.”

The lamp is cleverly made from plastic cuttlery, and it’s title ‘gluttony’ hints at a mataphoric story to the design as well –

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