Which Swiss architecture firm designed Prada's Tokyo Epicenter store?

Herzog & de Meuron designed Prada’s Tokyo Epicenter store.

The building is Prada Aoyama Tokyo, a six-storey standalone store in Tokyo’s Aoyama district. It opened in 2003 as Prada’s second Epicenter project, following the New York store designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA.

The Swiss firm’s design is especially recognizable for its structural glass façade. A diagonal diamond-like grid wraps the building, while convex and concave glass panels create a changing visual effect for people inside and outside. The architects treated the structure, interior space and façade as closely integrated parts of one system.

The wrong options reflect real architects associated with other Prada projects. Rem Koolhaas designed Prada’s New York Epicenter, while Herzog & de Meuron handled the Tokyo project. SANAA and MVRDV are also prominent architecture firms, but they are not the answer to this store-design question.