Asahi Beer Hall

building, Tokyo, Japan

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The Asahi Beer Hall, located in Tokyo, Japan, is a distinctive building designed by architect Philippe Starck. Completed in 1989, it is known for its unique golden sculpture atop the structure, often referred to as the "Golden Flame" or "Golden Turd," which houses a bar and observation deck. The building itself is designed to resemble a beer mug. It serves as a prominent landmark in the Asahi Beer Company's complex in the Sumida district of Tokyo.12

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Philippe Starck
His best-known works are the Asahi Beer Hall (1990) in Tokyo, an austere blocklike granite building topped with a bulbous orange shape resembling a flame, and the Unhex Nani-Nani office building (1989), also in Tokyo, which has been described as a biomorphic shed. In 1997 he received the Excellence in…
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His best-known works are the Asahi Beer Hall (1990) in Tokyo, an austere blocklike granite building topped with a bulbous orange shape resembling a flame, and the Unhex Nani-Nani office building (1989), also in Tokyo, which has been described as a biomorphic shed. In 1997 he received the Excellence in…
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