Set to officially open by Spring of 2020, Ace HotelKyoto, designed by Kengo Kuma, is a 213- room hotel in Japan. With a program that stretches over a newly built part and an existing historical fragment, that once hosted the Kyoto Central Telephone Company created by Tetsuro Yoshida, the structure is envisioned as a "Cultural Catalyst".
Courtesy of Studio Roosegaarde. ImageStudio Roosegaarde's Smog Free Tower
In Metropolis Magazine's latest - and last - installment in their annual design cities review, the focus is not on output or culture but on cities themselves as the point of inspiration. For the designers surveyed, these were the cities that made their hearts beat a little faster; the ones that remained in their minds and wormed their way into their work.
https://www.archdaily.com/901153/the-top-10-inspirational-design-cities-of-2018-as-revealed-by-metropolis-magazineKatherine Allen
