
3 . Prada Aoyama epicenter . 4 . Gyre Shopping Center . 5 . Tokyo
... The concept for the Neil Barrett flagship store is based on the minimal cut of the brand's fashion design and parallels its approach in using the same design parameters of fixed points, folding, pleating and cut outs. Rather than defining a single room or space, the design creates a circular passage ...
... The concept for the Neil Barrett flagship store is based on the minimal cut of the brand's fashion design and parallels its approach in using the same design parameters of fixed points, folding, pleating and cut outs. Rather than defining a single room or space, the design creates a circular passage ...
Le Corbusier`s Solar Shading Strategy for Tropical Environment: A
... Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Oscar Niemeyer. At that time when Brazilian Modern Architecture reached notable characteristics, it was also identified the need of protecting buildings under a tropical climate. This architecture had as its basic principles the transparency of glazed facades an ...
... Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Oscar Niemeyer. At that time when Brazilian Modern Architecture reached notable characteristics, it was also identified the need of protecting buildings under a tropical climate. This architecture had as its basic principles the transparency of glazed facades an ...
Antonin Raymond

Antonin Raymond (or Czech: Antonín Raymond), born as Antonín Reimann (10 May 1888, Kladno, Bohemia – 21 November 1976 Langhorne, Pennsylvania), was a Czech American architect. Raymond was born and studied in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), working later in the USA and Japan. Raymond was also the Consul of Czechoslovakia to Japan from 1926 to 1939, in which year the Czech diplomacy was closed down after the occupation of the European country by the Nazi Germany.His initial work with American architects Cass Gilbert and Frank Lloyd Wright gave him an insight into the use of concrete for texture and structure that he would refine throughout his six decade career. At studio practices in New Hope, Pennsylvania and Tokyo, he explored traditional Japanese building techniques combined with the latest In American building innovations. Raymond applied these principles to a wide range of residential, commercial, religious and institutional projects in Japan, America, India and the Philippines.Along with British Architect Josiah Conder, Raymond is recognized as one of the fathers of modern architecture in Japan.