The amazing St. Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo, completed 1964, is the second portrait of japanese architecture. The architect Kenzo Tange designed a shape of eight hyperbolic parabolas to create a wonderful space of concrete and light in the style of brutalism.
The St. Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo and San Francisco are quite familiar in the language of architecture. Have a look to the photos of the buildings by Kenzo Tange and Pier Luigi Nervi.
A portrait of some unique buildings of Japan. The first one is the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo. Designed by the architect Kisho Kurokawa, built beginning 70s in the district Ginza. It is a symbol of the japanese postwar movement Metabolism. Each capsule is a complete apartment in the seize of about 10 square meter.
A set of photos you will in the gallery for the Nakagin Capsule Tower.
Street Art duo Various and Gould have spent twelve days on their work ‘Face Time’. A patchwork of colored areas and painted dots with a strong reference to their favorite technic of silkscreen printing.
Face Time is not a portrait of one person but rather a character study. An identity based on a patchwork of different sources to celebrate the diversity of mankind.
The work was developed in cooperation with the architects roedig . schop and is covering a mural of about 350 square meters. You will find the mural in the neighborhood of Moritzplatz, close to the former border.
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Der DON'T PANIC Towel Shop verkauft ausschliesslich ein Produkt, ein Handtuch zu Ehren von Douglas Adams und seinem Buch: Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis.
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