Photography
Books
Exhibitions
News
About
Contact

Search

Facebook
Instagram

#{title} — Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo Japan – Toyo Ito
2006
This boutique for the storied Mikimoto jewellery house—founded in 1899 and renowned for pioneering cultured pearls—was designed by Toyo Ito as an architectural expression of delicacy and wonder.

Inspired by the mysterious allure of a jewellery box, Toyo Ito envisioned the building as a play of bubbles surrounding pearls and petals drifting through space. The result is a luminous, almost ethereal structure that captures the elegance and refinement at the heart of the Mikimoto identity.

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

Tags:

Ginza,
Japan,
Tokyo,
Tower,
and Toyo Ito & Associates Architects

Other projects tagged with Ginza, Japan, Tokyo, Tower and Toyo Ito & Associates Architects

Burj Khalifa, Dubai United Arab Emirates – SOM

Burj Khalifa, Dubai United Arab Emirates – SOM

Seijo Apartments, Tokyo – Kazuyo Sejima

Seijo Apartments, Tokyo – Kazuyo Sejima

Gifu Media Cosmos, Gifu, Japan – Toyo Ito

Gifu Media Cosmos, Gifu, Japan – Toyo Ito

Sky House, Tokyo – Kikutake

Sky House, Tokyo – Kikutake

Sumika House, Tokyo – Toyo Ito

Sumika House, Tokyo – Toyo Ito

Hiroshi Senju Museum, Karuizawa Japan – Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA

Hiroshi Senju Museum, Karuizawa Japan – Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA

Sumika House, Tokyo – Sou Fujimoto

Sumika House, Tokyo – Sou Fujimoto

Naoshima Bath, Naoshima Island, Japan – Shinro Ohtake

Naoshima Bath, Naoshima Island, Japan – Shinro Ohtake

Home For All, Rikuzentakata Japan – Toyo Ito

Home For All, Rikuzentakata Japan – Toyo Ito

Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanagawa Japan – Junya Ishigami

Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanagawa Japan – Junya Ishigami

Art Biotop – Junya Ishigami

Art Biotop – Junya Ishigami

Setonomori Houses, Seto Inland Sea, Japan – Sou Fujimoto

Setonomori Houses, Seto Inland Sea, Japan – Sou Fujimoto

Home
Portfolio
Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo Japan – Toyo Ito

Iwan Baan Photography, Rozenstraat 145, 1016 NP Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: studio@iwan.com — all images © Iwan Baan 1996 - 2026