Taichung Metropolitan Opera House by Toyo Ito

“Architecture has to follow the diversity of society, and has to reflect that a simple square or cube can’t contain that diversity.”
Toyo Ito

This opera house not only optimise the settings for traditional Eastern and Western types of performances, but it challenge the prototype of a traditional Opera house and  moves beyond the given constraints.
The fluid continuity of the structure [...]

Building Aesthetics in Taiwan?

Taiwan has often give us the impression that it is the ugly duckling of Asia It is still true today? Let ’s hear from architectural writer Richard about the stage of architecture in Taiwan today.