Feb 21, 2012 ARCHITECTURE Star… bucks
One can always hate the corporate giant that has their own jargon for sizes, but when they produce something as beautiful as this storefront. You can’t help but lean off the hate button and maybe go visit one for an ice coffee Trenta sized, you know too cool off a bit. I present Starbucks Fukuoka.
Designed by Kengo Kuma the Starbucks coffee shop is situated near the famous Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine and because of it’s close proximity Kuma was cautious to make sure the commercial space didn’t look out of place in such a setting. The shop is full of wooden beams all placed in different angles and at different heights made to mimic branches in a forest so it appears that the Starbucks is sitting in the trees.
via Who’s Jack