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Ginza Sony Building and emptied Sukiyabashi Crossing, sectioned isometric with view of the interior spaces, by Yoshinobu Ashihara. Image source: © Yoshinobu Ashihara Archive, Musashino Art University.
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This paper offers a critical re-evaluation of what is arguably the clearest representation of a Japanese consumer electronic and media corporation in architectural form: the Ginza Sony Building. The paper argues that architect Yoshinobu Ashihara’s 1966 modern master- piece can be seen as a multilayered assemblage through which a number of distinct...
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... by architect Ashihara Yoshinobu , the Sony Building had long been recognized as an architectural icon and a prominent destination in the itineraries of visitors to Tokyo's Ginza district (Fig. 1). The building was widely acknowledged as an essential part of Japan's modern history of architecture. More recently, it was listed by DoCoMoMo as one of Japan's 100 most important modernist buildings (See Watanabe 2005: 133). ¹ Despite such recognition of cultural value, the building was demolished in spring 2017 and replaced by a ...
