Shibuya 109
Also known as SHIBUYA109
1979
Postmodernism
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Shibuya 109 is a cylindrical fashion building that has stood over the fork of Dogenzaka since 1979, a landmark as much for youth culture as for architecture. Minoru Takeyama gave it a sleek drum-shaped tower and a wedge-like base that…
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Timeline
- 1979
Minoru Takeyama
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- Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
- tacranke · Public domain
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