Sou Fujimoto’s brutalist concrete hotel revival transforms Maebashi
Sou Fujimoto’s brutalist concrete hotel revival transforms Maebashi
The revival of the brutalist concrete Shiroiya Hotel by architect Sou Fujimoto is part of Hitoshi Tanaka’s desire to turn an unassuming Japanese city into a design destination
The recently completed brutalist concrete Japanese architecture of the Shiroiya Hotel in the city of Maebashi, about two hours north-west of Tokyo, is a great example of what a slow and relaxed approach to architecture can achieve. Though it took three years longer than intended, and cost roughly double the original budget, both architect Sou Fujimoto and client Hitoshi Tanaka couldn’t be happier with the end result.
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In the city of Hong Kong, narrow side streets behind luxurious high-rise buildings are crammed with dingy apartment buildings with random signs sticking out of the walls and laundry hanging on the balconies. Pavements are peeling off and paddles are forming under the feet. We noticed that soles of shoes tend to get dirty walking around the city, which led us to think that perhaps one of the reasons why there are many stores with tile floors is that a tile floor can be washed easily with water and dries quickly in the warm climate of the city.
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