Sitting atop a metal panel and glass, multi-story base, the office entry is signaled by a vertical strip of onyx that reaches the ground level. Here the onyx is even used for the simple canopy overhead. Moving inside, the elevator lobby is covered with the same stone: the walls, ceiling, and floor. Only the stainless steel doors, frames, base, and fittings break up the stone womb. It's like something out of a Stanley Kubrick film. The elevator lobbies on the upper floors provide some relief in the walls, ceilings, and floors.

LVMH in Osaka, Japan by Kengo Kuma

2005.10.24