Breaking new ground

By Dennis Normile 2001-03-13T00:00:00

For the stations on Tokyo's new subway line, the city authorities abandoned their previous policy of standardised design, and commissioned different designers for each. The jewel of the line is the Iidabashi station, by Makoto Sei Watanabe/Architects' Office.

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