Landmark & Tower · Ginza

Maison Hermes Ginza 銀座メゾンエルメス

Renzo Piano's 2001 tower of thousands of handmade glass blocks that glows like a paper lantern at night, with a free contemporary art gallery, Le Forum, on the eighth floor.

About

Maison Hermes was designed by Renzo Piano and completed in 2001 on a narrow plot in Ginza 5-chome. Its facade is made entirely of square glass blocks, around 13,000 of them, specially made in Italy, hung from a slender steel frame engineered with flexible joints to ride out earthquakes. By day the blocks soften the light into a milky glow; by night the whole tower shines like a lantern on Sony-dori. Inside, beyond the boutique floors, the eighth-floor gallery Le Forum stages free exhibitions of contemporary art under the glass-block walls, and a small cinema hosts occasional free screenings. Look up at the roof to spot the statue of a horseman juggling a scarf.

Highlights

• Facade of roughly 13,000 handmade glass blocks
• Lantern-like glow after dark
• Free contemporary art at Le Forum on 8F
• Rider-and-scarf sculpture on the roof
• Renzo Piano design, completed 2001

Tips

• Le Forum is entered through a dedicated elevator at the side; it is free and rarely crowded.
• Best viewed after sunset from the Sukiyabashi crossing side.
• Ginza Sony Park is right next door, and the Wako clock tower is 3 minutes east.

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• Tempura KondoRestaurant · 90 m away
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• Bar LupinBars & Nightlife · 90 m away
• Wako Tea SalonCafé & Sweets · 90 m away