Saint-Gobain Building in Tokyo, Japan

Designed by Albert Abut Architecture, Saint-Gobain Building is located in Tokyo, Japan. Situated within a stone’s throw from the Imperial Palace, the site is at the confluence of two different urban tissues, crossing each other at a slight angle, both tangents to the oval city grid surrounding the Imperial Palace. The building design attempts to marry in the heights of two volumes with different... 

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