Sunny Hills’ Dessert Shop, Tokyo

[ad_1] By Pari Syal Photography: Daici Ano; courtesy the architect . A new dessert store in Japan is an eclectic exercise in traditional Jiigoku-Gumi or Japanese wood architecture... It catches the eye instantly; and you wonder... ‘What’s this? What’s in there?’ wanting to give in to the urge to explore, touch, or simply stand back and assimilate. . Playing instantaneously on the senses, Ar. Kengo Kuma & Associates have taken 24 long months to conceptualize and actualize this structure built completely on a joint system called “Jiigoku-Gumi,” traditional method used in Japanese wooden architecture (often observed in Shoji: vertical and […]