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Japanese architect Kingo Talsuno. It was modeled after the
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Western-style masonry structure in Japan. Guided tours are
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Designed to blend in harmony with the landscape, the bulding is roughly the same
height asthe zelkova trees lining the street. An atrium stretching three floors above and
below ground level cus through the commercial space, where tenan's stand side by
‘side along a spiral ramp that echoes the slope of Omotesando ist. The raw concrete
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interior space connects seamlessly with the lush 17,000-square-meter Japanese
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