Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

Parisian studio RDAI has designed a store on Tokyo's prestigious Omotesando Avenue for fashion house Hermès, which was designed to evoke aspects of Japanese nature and culture.
The 488-square-metre store is the first freestanding Hermès outlet in Tokyo since the brand opened its Ginza emporium in 2001, which was also designed by RDAI.
Above: a Hermès store on Tokyo's Omotesando Avenue. Top image: it has a gridded steel facade
The latest store occupies a p