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Toyo Ito

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Toyo Ito is the “third generation master” of Japanese architecture.

Main buildings:

  1. Bar “Nomads Club”, Japan, Tokyo (1986);
  2. Tower of the Winds, Japan, Yokohama (1986);
  3. Yatsushiro City Museum, Japan, Yatsushiro (1988-1991);
  4. Kindergarten 117, Germany, Frankfurt am Main (1994);
  5. Media Library, Japan, Sendai (2001);
  6. Pavilion in Bruges, Belgium, Bruges (2002);
  7. Pavilion of the Serpentine Gallery, UK, London (2002);
  8. Center for Representative Arts, Japan, Nagano (2000 – 2004);
  9. Tod’s Building, Japan, Tokyo (2004);
  10. Mikimoto Tower, Japan, Tokyo (2005);
  11. Vivo City, Singapore (2006);
  12. Crematorium Meiso no Mori, Japan, Kakamigahara (2006);
  13. Tama Arts University Library, Japan, Tokyo (2007);
  14. Exhibition complex Fira 2, Spain, Barcelona​(2007);
  15. Villa White O,Chile (2009);
  16. Hotel Porta Fira, Spain, Barcelona (2009);
  17. Theater Za-Koenji, Japan, Tokyo (2009);
  18. Main stadium of the 2009 World Games, Taiwan, Kaohsiung (2009);
  19. Porta Fira Towers, Spain, Barcelona (2010);
  20. Museum of Architecture, Japan, Imabari (2011);
  21. Museum of Mother and Child of the sculptor Ken Iwata, Japan, Imabari(2011);
  22. International Baroque Museum, Mexico, Puebla (2016);
  23. WOODONE Kanazawa Showroom, Japan, Ishikawa (2017);
  24. Shinmai Media Garden, Japan, Nagano (2018).

 

Features of Toyo Ito architecture:

  1. Desire for a total architecture update;
  2. Weakening of Japanese national traditions;
  3. Preference for the symbolic side of architecture over the functional;
  4. The source of inspiration for the architect was the way of life of the “new nomads” – mobile modern citizens who are not burdened with attachment to a place;
  5. Combining minimalist and constructivist features;
  6. Transparency;
  7. Active use of shells;
  8. Seismic resistance.

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Villa White O. Chile (2009).

2009

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Tod's Building, Japan, Tokyo, (2004).

2004

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Media Library, Japan, Sendai, (2001).

2001

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Tower of the Winds, Japan, Yokohama, (1986).

1986