Preview Kengo Kuma's Rolex HQ with exclusive photos

A new home for Rolex within Dallas's Harwood District will mark the first project completed by Kengo Kuma in the southern United States Kuma creates a simplicity in form from the site, a high point within the Harwood District near the location where street grids in Dallas shift "Since there are no plans drawn for walls," Awata explained, "I go to a quarry where I spend a day or two to walk around, memorizing the characteristics of each stone and figuring out where each stone will be set" The stone wall is a highlight that is in harmony with the building and commands its own measure of respect through clear delineation and craft.

The form is clear, and the structure carries the intention of the form upward from the stone plinth toward the sky Uchiyama's gardens pair with labs on alternating floors where the form torques, providing green space in line with the Harwood District's commitment to the fifth facade as a design element Finishes carry over from the base of the building, and a series of furnishings custom-designed by Kuma specifically for the project accentuate the space.

In many ways the Rolex Building is the anti-Dallas because of its modest size and contextual design. . Source