Yoshio taniguchi

Yoshio Taniguchi, Japanese architect best known as designer of the early 21st-century expansion of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Other projects included the Ken Domon Museum of Photography in Sakata, the Tokyo Sea Life Park, and the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.

Image 8 of 12 from gallery of Cuitlahuac Building / RE+D. Photograph by César Béjar

Architect Yoshio Taniguchi generally doesn't like having his photograph taken for use in the media. In a way, it's a logical extension of his approach to his work, which could be described as architecture by subtraction. Having painstakingly removed everything extraneous from a design, and having overseen...

Yoshio Taniguchi, 2014

Architectural Information Architects Yoshio Taniguchi Structural Enginners This information is not available. Main Contractor Toa Corporation Building Type Observation deck Structure Concrete + Partially Steel Floor Area 2,182㎡ / 23,486 sq ft Floor count 2F/1B Completion Date 1995

Yoshio Taniguchi, 2014

酒田市営国体記念体育館：谷口吉生、山形県酒田市、1991.06

When people pass through the green and branches of the makeup, they come to the horyuji treasure hall, where there is a platform floating on the water, and the flowing water reflects the outline of the building itself.