This deceptively deep concrete mall (2003), designed by Tadao Ando, spirals around a sunken atrium. And艒鈥檚 architecture utilises materials such as concrete to create strong geometric shapes, often drawn from Japan鈥檚 traditional architecture.
Omotesand艒 Hills replaced an ivy-covered pre-WWII apartment building (to considerable protest); the low, horizontal design plays homage to the original structure.