"Undertaking the design of boutique and office project for Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) in Osaka, Japan, Kengo Kuma used the exterior wall as a starting point for exploration. Given what he calls the 'dichotomic technique of wall (opaque) versus window (transparent),' he opted to blur these distinctions by wrapping the office floors in a continuous skin of stone that from the exterior appears opaque during the day but much different at night."
