Tower of the Winds

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  • TITLE: Toyo Ito (Japanese architect)
    As Ito moved on to larger works, his designs became more experimental. In Yokohama he transformed an old concrete water tower into the visually stunning Tower of the Winds (1986) by covering the structure with a perforated aluminum plate and hundreds of lights that were configured to respond to wind speed and sound waves. By day the plate reflected the sky, but at night the tower “came...