This article examined about The Imperial Hotel New Building Tokyo designed by Teitaro Takahashi, focusing on the seven perspective drawings discovered newly and one perspective drawing already published by Kenjiro Maeda.
It’s following points to become clear.
1. The shape and story of the tower part and the podium part changed in three stages.
2. The façade design changed from a design with many Japanese-style decorations to a design with less decoration.
3. Analysis of the social situation and functions behind the design, the designer’s intentions, and the hotel’s strategy, etc.
