When two worlds collide

Curtain Wall House, Tokyo 1993-5. Shigeru Ban plays on the idea of a glass curtain wall structural system by using a two-storey fabric curtain in tandem with sliding glass walls as the exterior of the building.

A new book explores the relationship between fashion and architecture, writes Shumon Basar

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