片倉ビル・北側の足元

片倉ビル・北側の足元
Originally uploaded by nofrills

More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・メイン入り口のガラス、内部と反射

片倉ビル・メイン入り口のガラス、内部と反射
Originally uploaded by nofrills

反射しているのは、オービック本社ビル。Reflected in the glass is the HQ of a company called Orbic.

An 83-year-old office building that is about to be demolilshed. Read about it some more at:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3915586065/

More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・メイン入り口装飾

片倉ビル・メイン入り口装飾
Originally uploaded by nofrills

An 83-year-old office building that is about to be demolilshed. Read about it some more at:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3915586065/

More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・メイン入り口上部

片倉ビル・メイン入り口上部
Originally uploaded by nofrills

An 83-year-old office building that is about to be demolilshed. Read about it some more at:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3915586065/













More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・なると模様

片倉ビル・なると模様
Originally uploaded by nofrills

An 83-year-old office building that is about to be demolilshed. Read about it some more at:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3915586065/







More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・何かが取り外されたあと

片倉ビル・何かが取り外されたあと
Originally uploaded by nofrills

An 83-year-old office building that is about to be demolilshed. Read about it some more at:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3915586065/

Google Street Viewを見ると、ここに取り付けられていたのは床屋さんの看板ですね。その床屋さんについては、こちらの写真を。

Google Street View tells that it was a barber shop sign that used to be installed here. The barber shop was at the back of the building (and now has moved out as this photo tells).

More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

片倉ビル・看板

片倉ビル・看板
Originally uploaded by nofrills

京橋三丁目では、重厚なアールデコ系オフィスビル、片倉ビル（1926年）も、もうすぐ取り壊されます。

Katakura Building, a good example of art-deco era office block built in 1926, will be demolished soon, it seems.

清水建設のサイトにある資料（「片倉館」および「片倉館増築」をクリック）によると、この看板から向かって右側（西側）が 1926年に建てられた部分、左側（東側）が1937年に増築された部分。特に東側はディテールがアールデコできれいです。（増築の設計は「大野功二」とクレジットされています。）

More info on my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128084665.html
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128114955.html

京橋三丁目ビル・モノリスのような

京橋三丁目ビル・モノリスのような
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/

They start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

京橋三丁目ビルを、飽きずに見上げる。

京橋三丁目ビルを、飽きずに見上げる。
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/





ガラスに映りこんでいるビル（第一生命ビル）も取り壊し予定物件。





1階部分は壁面に角度がついていて、じっと見ていると平衡感覚が狂う。非常に独特の雰囲気。交差点の脇の建物だから、このビルに用がなくても脇で足を止めた人はものすごくたくさんいただろう。でもそのうちの何人がこの「角度」に気付いて、目を留めただろう。（ここはオフィスビルだから、このビルに用があってくる人は、建物の細部になどほとんど注意を払わないと考えるのが妥当だろう。その日の商談やミーティングの内容のことを考えていて。）



1階部分のオフィス／店舗への入り口。植物系のモチーフと思われるのだが、なぜなのかがわからない。建築家の先生が、いくら大御所とはいえ、フリーダムすぎる。

They start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

京橋三丁目ビル・細部

京橋三丁目ビル・細部
Originally uploaded by nofrills

見れば見るほど変なビル…。壊されてしまうのかぁ…。

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/

They start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

京橋三丁目ビルを見上げる。

京橋三丁目ビルを見上げる。
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/

They start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

The sign beside the pillar reads Dai-Ichi-Sei-Mei (第一生命), which is called Dai-ichi Life in English. It is one of Japan's leading life insurance companies.

京橋三丁目ビル (表示)

京橋三丁目ビル（取り壊し工事は9月28日から）
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/

They start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

京橋三丁目ビル・地下鉄入り口

京橋三丁目ビル・地下鉄入り口
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3913149566/

The notice says they start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

This is an entrance to the underground (subway) station. Obviously the architect/designer's inspiration was the art-nouveau Paris Metro entrance.

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

京橋三丁目ビル「解体工事のお知らせ」

京橋三丁目ビル「解体工事のお知らせ」
Originally uploaded by nofrills

京橋三丁目ビル (Kyobashi 3 Chome Building), built in 1978, is a piece of work by one of the top architects in Japan, 村野藤吾 (1891-1984: MURANO, Togo).

The area is being re-developed. The notice says they start demolishing of this building on 28th September 2009. (And still, there's this plant coming out!) Hurry up if you want to take pictures.

Find this location on Google Street View.

More pictures (text in Japanese):
home.j00.itscom.net/takana/ken-page/ken-murano.htm
farwestto.exblog.jp/8804480/
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/wattojunkyard/18760787.html
photozou.jp/photo/show/246913/22023088
photozou.jp/photo/show/246913/22023088

For more Murano's works, see:
kntkyk.blog24.fc2.com/blog-category-26.html

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128029315.html

東京大栄ビル (壁面と空)

東京大栄ビル (壁面)
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Tokyo Daiei Building (1965). Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3912215527/

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

東京大栄ビル (壁面)

東京大栄ビル (壁面)
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Tokyo Daiei Building (1965). Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3912215527/

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

東京大栄ビル (Piloti)

東京大栄ビル (Piloti)
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Tokyo Daiei Building (1965). Read more about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3912215527/

This building should have been protected, not demolished.

この空間、すごく落ち着くんです。前川國男はすごい。計測すればかなり狭いはず。でもすごい開放感。

On my blog (in Japanese):
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

東京大栄ビル

東京大栄ビル
Originally uploaded by nofrills

One of the iconic office blocks from the 1960s. If Japan were England, this building should have been Grade-II listed.

前川國男 (1905-1986: read "Ma-ye-kawa, Kuni-o") is one of the most famous modernist architects in Japan. He studied under Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II, he built numerous office blocks in Tokyo, as well as other cities around Japan. This building, 東京大栄ビル (read "Tokyo Dai-yei building), in Kyobashi area is one of them.

Built in 1965, this building was known as 蛇の目ビル (read "Ja-no-meh building"), with the HQ of 蛇の目ミシン (Janome Sewing Machine) in it and a large sign on the roof.

Sadly enough, this iconic building will soon be gone, it seems. There is a re-development going on in the area, and 東京大栄ビル will be destroyed along with the neighbouring two iconic Western-style buildings (I will upload some pictures later). The office block is now almost empty, and the shutters are tight shut when I passed by it on a Friday afternoon.

See this spot on Google Street view. If you want to take pictures, hurry up.

More pictures. (Texts in Japanese):
home.j00.itscom.net/takana/ken-page/ken-tokyosta.htm
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/wattojunkyard/13468100.html
jp.zooomr.com/photos/k2japan/7142131/
chiakih.cocolog-nifty.com/ic/2006/01/post_6fa3.html
architect.dropsystem.co.jp/?p=240
honsha.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2008-03-27-5

On my blog (in Japanese):
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

通り抜け禁止

通り抜け禁止
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Read about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3912112957/

On my blog (in Japanese):
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

通り抜け禁止

通り抜け禁止
Originally uploaded by nofrills

前川國男 (1905-1986: read "Ma-ye-kawa, Kuni-o") is one of the most famous modernist architects in Japan. He studied under Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II, he built numerous office blocks in Tokyo, as well as other cities around Japan. This building, 東京大栄ビル (read "Tokyo Dai-yei building), in Kyobashi area, is one of them.

Built in 1965, this building was known as 蛇の目ビル (read "Ja-no-meh building"), with the HQ of 蛇の目ミシン (Janome Sewing Machine) in it and a large sign on the roof.

Sadly enough, this iconic building will soon be gone, it seems. There is a re-development going on in the area, and 東京大栄ビル will be destroyed along with the neighbouring two iconic Western-style buildings (I will upload some pictures later). The office block is now almost empty, and the shutters are tight shut when I passed by it on a Friday afternoon.

See this spot on Google Street view. If you want to take pictures, hurry up.

More pictures. (Texts in Japanese):
home.j00.itscom.net/takana/ken-page/ken-tokyosta.htm
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/wattojunkyard/13468100.html
jp.zooomr.com/photos/k2japan/7142131/
chiakih.cocolog-nifty.com/ic/2006/01/post_6fa3.html
architect.dropsystem.co.jp/?p=240
honsha.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2008-03-27-5

On my blog (in Japanese):
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html

Yellow, blue and white

Yellow, blue and white
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Toshiba

Toshiba
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Painted in the 1960s.
A Toshiba electric appliances store in Tokyo, Japan.

This logo was given up in 1969 after they found that it could be read as "Joshiba".

See also:
My archive, tagged as "東芝ストアー".

Retro-future (Back in the 1960s)

Retro-future (Back in the 1960s)
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Painted in the 1960s.
A Toshiba electric appliances store in Tokyo, Japan.

See also:
My archive, tagged as "東芝ストアー".

Yellow, blue, red and white

Yellow, blue, red and white
Originally uploaded by nofrills

Painted in the 1960s.
A Toshiba electric appliances store in Tokyo, Japan.

The Toshiba logo was used from 1950 to 1969 (according to Wikipedia Japanese edtion), so the store front is at least 40 years old, so is the boy.

See also drichi2006's HITACHI store photo. The store front is from the same era.