Fashion and architecture and the great buildings they produce

Thinking about fashion and architecture, as we do in our latest issue, brought to mind the number of great buildings produced by the melding of these two creative disciplines. A personal favourite is SANAA's Dior store on Omotesando in Tokyo, an ethereal creation that looks as beautiful by night as it does by day.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384121154473553954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidg9A_lUddGk0LcE7zOB3VtSao4TUWE5_3tzUEVXF5byu_jpjzeYQFyUBZOORoDKTHFegT3fdQ_vXkg9jaW82FwAfEVwKdRfccmnQaEnCs_B8juAZ5WgtJ8cMP7MKP8nXm9TZaSE__gdc0/s400/dior1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><br /><br /><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384121159775531810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjTP3BbAmFUvEIPxNUyAIqt6IEtoFXMBAnAFBLcl0aWHsxHcQ4KdsPLeDb5qLmSFEEhNw8_5D3qfsdEAG8VWNmVFMUZeY-kwoQxic1OeyQIuSpfhzssbBMSDpWf-2irsO0I3TqL54bOS6/s400/Dior+2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 356px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></p><p>One of the nicest things about this building is its scale. In the west, we tend to think of great architects designing tall buildings or museums or other such monoliths, yet Omotesando in particular is full of smaller creations by great architects, little architectural jewel boxes whose small scale makes them all the more magical. </p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384120748227434370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsSrQHl4vI9lZBCCgqywvR2NuU7RbBSZVq8j6g2oKR7bQGbVB2lPWHzczEE9ZzN0uAghgk4v5_AJQ9io5jvVukqI20mtB5XX7RexfuG9s5CiDEMUBfGjIOVAco8Cu9he-PYDaDzKfVvHk/s400/Dior_-_Omotesando.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></p>

Fashion and architecture and the great buildings they produce

Thinking about fashion and architecture, as we do in our latest issue, brought to mind the number of great buildings produced by the melding...

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