Tokyo Design Porn, Part One

Unsurprisingly, given Japan’s status as a high-tech, highly advanced country, Tokyo is home to a number of incredible examples of design and architecture. I had digitally scouted out a few of these before my trip, and first on the list was The Soho, on Odaiba Island.

I first came across this building on Instagram a few months ago, when a Tokyo-based photographer shared a picture featuring its striking multi-colored doors and hallways lit through an open atrium.

The building wasn’t identified, but after some Googling I tracked it down and realized it was conveniently located near a couple of other places I wanted to check out on the island.

The lobby is open-air, but it looked like a key was required to access the staircases and elevator banks. We waited until someone went to use an elevator and went through the door after them — nobody asked any questions.

We went up to a floor in the building’s mid-section, walked around to the balcony and had our view:

The technicolor hallways turn an otherwise normal office building into something truly unique, and I’m so glad we made a point to check it out.