Japanese architecture firm Jun Mitsui & Associates adds swirling new façades to the luxurious DE BEERS Ginza Building in Tokyo. The DE BEERS Ginza Building design is intended to reflect the sophisticated Ginza streetscape and fit appropriately into this dynamic context. In the process of the design, the first image that came to the architect’s mind was a twisting form of light in motion.

This was the aesthetic essence of the DE BEERS Ginza building design. The expression of the curtain wall varies continuously as it ascends and as it reflects …