The Architect · Haruto · Tokyo
Prada Aoyama
This building changed how I think about glass. It's not transparent — it's optical. The convex and concave panes distort reflection and transmission simultaneously.
Herzog & de Meuron's 2003 six-story crystal building. Every face is a lens. The structure argues for transparency as materiality.
— Haruto, The Architect
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