num_pages: 396
description: In the Aoyama district of Tokyo, a mixed-use neighborhood of low-rise buildings where not a square meter of land has been left unoccupied, the Swiss architecture team of Herzog &amp; de Meuron has built a new store for Prada. In this chunky, silvery book, they meticulously illustrate the creative process that led to the realization of "a house and a plaza," a tall and narrow kaleidoscope-like structure that houses a two-story retail space and multiple levels of offices, backed by an outdoor space for the publica rarity in crowded Tokyo. The finished structure, encased in a visually porous shell or skin, is as decorative as it is architecturalor as architectural as it is decorativeand is both metaphorically and literally linked to its surrounding environment, and to the idea of the garment. Here is the story of a theoretically and structurally complex building told lovingly and simply by its architects, through words, models, sketches, photographs, and architectural renderings.
language: English
title: Herzog & De Meuron: Prada Aoyama Tokyo
titlecomplete: Herzog & De Meuron: Prada Aoyama Tokyo
genres: Architecture
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Fondazione Prada