The Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito. I'm not even sure what a "mediatheque" means but it bears a remarkable resemblance to a library. I can't claim to know very much about Ito, but on the basis of this building alone, he deserved the Pritzker Prize.
The "free plan" of modernism still hasn't been pushed to its limits. Mies went further than anyone--too far, perhaps--and we're still waiting for some big innovation in structural engineering to stretch the column grid a few more feet.
I'm still a big fan of walls and doors. Having compartments for living and working is just as important to me as having different meals with different dishes. I admire confinement when it is done well.
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