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True to its name, the steel structure, encased in a groundbreaking design of reinforced fiber-glass panels, is anchored to an elliptical ring. Only a skylight and spiral staircase penetrate the minimalist building's center. For this home, Endoh's brief was disarmingly simple. The client "wanted to have a...
Endoh's forward-looking approach has gained notice in the international architectural community and earned him the prestigious Best Newcomer award from the Japan Institute of Architects two years ago. But for Japan's homeowners, he has gained something much more valuable: breathing room.
(2 of 2) Qianlong was a true connoisseur. He not only admired bronzes from China's earliest dynasties, classical paintings and calligraphy, but he also wrote about them - sometimes on the works themselves. He stamped his approval on a piece quite literally, and his seals seem to be everywhere. For...
Speaking of we, how exactly do you collaborate on a creation as original as this? It probably helps that Herzog and de Meuron, both 54, have known each other and liked many of the same things since they were 7. They pursued separate paths in college, then veered back to...
Four years ago, when they won the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, Herzog and de Meuron were best known for the Tate Modern in London, a refurbished power plant with its turbine hall preserved as a massive art-display space. By that time, from their home base in...