Osaka055
Thanks to the comments (and digg.com) we've found this building is an office complex/shopping center/garden/park thing called Namba Parks. This is the view of it from a window of the Nankai Namba Swissotel.
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Giorgia ///, Qbic, t.shigesa, sheepbait, and 415 other people added this photo to their favorites.
k00pa (60 months ago | reply)
Great!
vampireSafari (60 months ago | reply)
omg wtfbbq
/hello digg
bgarfinkel57 (60 months ago | reply)
holy shmoly guacamole
akchiu (60 months ago | reply)
nanba mall
TheCabaal (60 months ago | reply)
thats pretty crazy looking
fieldss88 (60 months ago | reply)
It"s Namba Parks. I live pretty close to it.
shenku42 (60 months ago | reply)
wow... thats just really cool
Heidi & Matt (60 months ago | reply)
this place is not only impressive in its structure, but i was also impressed by its diversity in shops, restaurants and offices.
this is a great picture of it !
Sushicam (60 months ago | reply)
Perfect example of Green Design.
Way cool.
Floeckchen (60 months ago | reply)
This is really impressive!
Look at the the top building... big enough for a littler soccer field? ;)
Skin.Bintin (60 months ago | reply)
Wow! What an amazing building!
vitohuang (60 months ago | reply)
looks like it used to be a hill in there
x92376 (60 months ago | reply)
lol isnt that namba park? been there once a long time ago :)
Mark JD [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
That is so amazing!!!!
Tobias™ (60 months ago | reply)
I'm loving it!
Kidsturk (60 months ago | reply)
This is great - it's interesting to consider how this building integrates modern urban living and green design, but also that this has common themes with the shintoist architectural themes of openness to the environment and integration with nature.
So many rooms opening onto views of gardens where the urban views must be lifted if not occluded completely by trees, bushes and flowers.
Fantastic.
tbechtx (60 months ago | reply)
COOL! It reminds me of the Planet of the Apes City. :D
Ollie.Monk (60 months ago | reply)
Yeah i saw some designs of this building, didn't actually think it would look like this. Its amazing!
roeurnt (60 months ago | reply)
Dude I love it. cool green personal walking spaces, instead of hot dry tar roof tops. This should be the future.
just sof (60 months ago | reply)
Man, that looks nice.
klondike kid (60 months ago | reply)
how cool. never seen anything quite like that......
fizch (60 months ago | reply)
They didn't build race sets like that when I was a kid. lol
Bad Elf (60 months ago | reply)
uh... Hobbits?
tstephens (60 months ago | reply)
Green Design at it's finest. I want buildings like this everywhere.
Mr Frederick (60 months ago | reply)
Reminds me of one of those HotWheels playsets i used to have.
mkhalil (60 months ago | reply)
GORGEOUS!
great photo!
D T Denver (60 months ago | reply)
This reminds me of the Hot Wheels City play set I had when i was a kid.
AllTheRage2008 (60 months ago | reply)
Check out who's touring in Osaka.
kakakheal (60 months ago | reply)
it an ameazing structure very decent loing and i wish we could have such a building here in pakistan
valp.now (60 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!
ebleir (60 months ago | reply)
This really makes my eyes go funny... =)
Kadirhan (60 months ago | reply)
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零维 (60 months ago | reply)
Very cool.
Fooldown
Fyda (60 months ago | reply)
Wow, what a neat building. I love all the greenery on it, too, and the "organic"-feeling curves. Nice snap! :)
johnobrow (60 months ago | reply)
Wow it\s like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Or summin.
.bn. (60 months ago | reply)
wonderful architecture
todd- (60 months ago | reply)
great shot!
**sirop (60 months ago | reply)
Wonder Land!
Pipe [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
Great
Van in LA (59 months ago | reply)
Fantastic.
technoindigo (59 months ago | reply)
looks like a parkour paradise
shelbywhite (59 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!
† B.H.B. PHOTOGRAPHY † (59 months ago | reply)
Cool shot!!!!
Mr Fnortner (59 months ago | reply)
I've been there. Once you're inside, you can't see anything but the landscape. That's why the walls are all curved and bobbing and weaving. Every angle is designed to block the ugly bits, show the trees and plants, and hide the things the architect didn't want you to see, including the driveways, the air conditioners, and the city in the background. Notice how the city can't see you either. It's not eco-friendly or green or anything like that. It's just a giant optical illusion from inside.
olasis (59 months ago | reply)
That's some amazing architecture that you captured.
Miomaar (57 months ago | reply)
Amazing , really .
Maybe I should go to Japan myself oneday.
oktayx (57 months ago | reply)
interesting
to_be_deleted [deleted] (46 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
sybilgin (45 months ago | reply)
One of these days...I'm gonna design something like this in the Philippines..or even greater..Go Architecture!Go Green!This is my promise to nature, my obligation to my mother land..Go Gin-gin...
Paul Hillier Photography (42 months ago | reply)
This is a great view. i love this mall. it's just cool to hang out in the gardens. and i usualy go see most of my movies on the top floor "namba parks cinema" Here's a view from the other side. looking at you.
birchwood1972 (40 months ago | reply)
WOW--thats an amazing building--it reminds me of the hanging gardens of babylon
torskephoto (24 months ago | reply)
this is all underwater now!
Craig ! (24 months ago | reply)
Very cool
jutfotos (5 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!