{"id":135583,"date":"2025-11-12T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/135583\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:24:25","slug":"jun-aoki-cloaks-tiffany-co-store-in-curving-glass-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/135583\/","title":{"rendered":"Jun Aoki cloaks Tiffany & Co store in curving glass panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates<\/a> has used translucent glass panels to create a flowing exterior for Tiffany & Co<\/a>‘s flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Situated on a corner plot in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, the 66-metre-tall mixed-use<\/a> building is largely occupied by Tiffany & Co, while offices and restaurants occupy the upper floors.<\/p>\n

Its exterior was designed by Jun Aoki & Associates<\/a> to both “fit in and stand out” among Ginza’s “mosaic-like” fabric, studio founder Jun Aoki said, and is clad with curving glass panels finished in Tiffany Blue.<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorJun Aoki & Associates has completed a Tiffany & Co store in Tokyo<\/p>\n

“We were very conscious that the design could easily become too rigid and imposing. So, early on, our core vision was a ‘facade like a wisteria trellis swaying in the soft wind’,” Aoki told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“For this large project, we couldn’t just do a single massive facade nor a patchwork.”<\/p>\n

“To make sure it didn’t look too heavy, we needed a subtle ‘shimmer’ that would both fit in and stand out,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Glass-cladThe exterior is clad with curving glass panels<\/p>\n

The store’s 13-storey structure has been divided into three volumes to distinguish its programmes, outlined by a terrace on its fourth floor and another recess towards its top.<\/p>\n

Individual panels, which have been attached to an inner, glazed facade using supports, wrap around the volume to create curved edges that bulge outwards at its corners.<\/p>\n

According to the studio, each rippled glass panel was designed with a unique curved shape. They are also removable to allow for future maintenance.<\/p>\n

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Jun Aoki & Associates wraps Louis Vuitton’s Tokyo store in “poetic yet playful” pearlescent facade\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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“The three-dimensional curved glass panels, which account for 25 per cent of the total surface area, present a significant challenge: not only does each panel have a unique curved shape, but the angle of the supporting marionettes also varies at each support point,” Aoki explained.<\/p>\n

These glass panels curve around and above the store’s ground level to reveal a glazed front. Here, a signed entrance at the street corner guides visitors into the space.<\/p>\n

\"TiffanyThe store sits on a corner plot in Ginza. Photo by Daici Ano<\/p>\n

Inside, the store occupies four floors with glass cabinets backed by sheer curtains that wrap around the glazed facades, alongside a basement level.<\/p>\n

To prevent a blue-hued light from shining through the exterior panels onto the products, a ceramic printing technique was implemented to create an ideal interior lighting environment.<\/p>\n

The upper floors, which contain offices and restaurants, have carpeted interiors enclosed by full-height openings and open-air terraces.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorGlass cabinets fill the interior. Photo courtesy of Tiffany<\/p>\n

Also in Tokyo, I IN has used glossy surfaces and Edo purple to create a “new form of Japanese luxury” for a department store in Ginza<\/a> and Symbolplus has used natural materials for the renovation of its own office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously, Jun Aoki & Associates completed Louis Vuitton’s Tokyo store with a pearlescent facade<\/a> and its flagship Osaka store with curving glass sails<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is courtesy of\u00a0Taisei Corporation unless otherwise stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has used translucent glass panels to create a flowing exterior for Tiffany…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,16125,61,60,582,78665,4674,814,10316,78666,6627],"class_list":{"0":"post-135583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-glass","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-japan","18":"tag-jun-aoki-and-associates","19":"tag-retail","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionnews","22":"tag-tiffany-co","23":"tag-tokyo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}