Shiro

Do you remember Kuro ?

Built in 2006 but not published before, Shiro is a hair salon in Fukui, Japan, built by the same architects. Shiro means white in Japanese, in contrast to Kuro, which means black.

“Shiro”
design: 1980 / Takuya Hosokai + Hiromasa Mori
Place: Fukui city, Fukui prefecture, Japan
program: Beauty Salon
Built: June, 2006

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