"Earthquake-wracked Sendai is home to Toyo Ito's 2001 Mediatheque building, a multipurpose cultural center and one of Japan's -- and the world's -- most significant pieces of contemporary architecture. This video appears to have been shot by someone taking shelter from the quake under a desk inside the building.
Two things are extraordinary here: The sheer length of the shaking and the way the building seems to sway violently without buckling."
Los Angeles Times
This is a building you will study time and time again in the future. With the enormity in destruction and the lost of life unfolding in the coastal towns of Honshū, architecture is humbled. it is comforting to know that Toyo Ito's Sendai Mediatheque in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture is still standing. One can't defy Nature but architect can build strong enduring buildings.
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