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Omotesando hills

Omotesando Hills was built in 2005, as the latest in a series of Tokyo urban developments by Minoru Mori. The development occupies almost the full length of Omotesando, a famous shopping and residential street in Aoyama known as Japan's Champs-Élysées. It was designed by Tadao Ando, one of Japan's leading architects. It houses over 130 shops and 38 apartments.

The building replaced the dilapidated Bauhaus-inspired Doujunkai Apartments, which had been built in 1927 after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

The destruction of the apartments raised questions about Japan's unwillingness to preserve historic buildings. [1]

Mark Devlin, publisher of Metropolis magazine, and a local resident, complained about the development's monolithic design, overtly commercial nature, and lack of concern for the neighboring environment. [2]

Ando has defended the project saying “It’s not Tadao Ando as an architect who has decided to rebuild and make shops, it was the owners themselves who wanted it to be new housing and to get some value with shops below. My task was how to do it in the best way.” [3]

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 The building replaced the dilapidated [[Bauhaus]]-inspired Doujunkai Apartments, which had been built in [[1927]] after the [[Kanto_earthquake|Great Kanto Earthquake]].
+The destruction of the apartments raised questions about Japan's unwillingness to preserve historic buildings. [https://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?file=nn20020419b7.html]
-Residents, notably Mark Devlin, publisher of [[Metropolis (Tokyo)|Metropolis]] magazine, have complained about the development's monolithic design, overtly commercial nature, and lack of concern for the neighboring environment.
+Mark Devlin, publisher of [[Metropolis (Tokyo)|Metropolis]] magazine, and a local resident, complained about the development's monolithic design, overtly commercial nature, and lack of concern for the neighboring environment. [http://www.japantoday.com/jp/comment/857]
-==Links==
+Ando has defended the project saying “It’s not Tadao Ando as an architect who has decided to rebuild and make shops, it was the owners themselves who wanted it to be new housing and to get some value with shops below. My task was how to do it in the best way.” [http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk/issues/039/ando.htm]
+== References ==
 *[http://www.omotesandohills.com/ Official Omotesando Hills Webpage]
 *[http://www.mori.co.jp/projects/omotesando/en_index.html Project page at mori.co.jp]
+*[https://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?file=nn20020419b7.html Dwellers bought off; ball to fall on Aoyama flats (registration required)]
-*[http://www.crisscross.com/jp/comment/857 Mark Devlin: Mori and Ando Scar Omotesando]
-*[http://www.crisscross.com/jp/newsmaker/310 View from the Hills: Mori defends Omotesando Hills]
+*[http://www.japantoday.com/jp/comment/857 Mark Devlin: Mori and Ando Scar Omotesando]
+*[http://www.japantoday.com/jp/newsmaker/310 View from the Hills: Mori defends Omotesando Hills]
+*[http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk/issues/039/ando.htm Icon magazine interview with Tadao Ando]
+*[http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/travel/15tokyo.html?8dpc New York Times travel article]
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