Maison Hermès at 5-4-1 Ginza in Tokyo was designed by Renzo Piano, assisted by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson of Berkeley, California, in collaboration with Takenaka Corporation. It was built from 1998 to 2001 and serves as the Hermès flagship store and Japan headquarters. The article gives no opening date, style or materials.
The building has 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet). It holds workshops, offices, shopping space, exhibition areas and multimedia quarters, with a roof garden on top. The article describes it as the Hermès flagship store, so it works as a shop as well as an office and workshop site.
A recess divides the long facade and forms a courtyard. The courtyard gives access to Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro, two levels below.
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