Kioi Seido: architecture without function
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11/10/2025

Kioi Seido: architecture without function

In Tokyo, Hiroshi Naito transforms concrete, glass, and cedar into a vessel where memory and light converge to evoke Japan’s primordial architecture

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Ken Farris
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