This article was originally published on Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Toyo Ito?s Next Architectural Feat: Revitalizing Omishima Island in Japan."

Steel Hut, Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture in Omishima, Japan. Image © Daici Ano

This article was originally published on Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Toyo Ito?s Next Architectural Feat: Revitalizing Omishima Island in Japan."Last year, as construction at his National Taichung Theater in Taiwan was winding down, Toyo Ito found himself at a crossroads.A 10-year project in the making, the gargantuan cultural beacon is made of biomorphically curved concrete walls that wind together like a knot of arteries, creating an otherworldly experience for arts patrons. It?s every bit the landmark project you?d expect from 2013?s Pritzker Prize Laureate, but its rapidly approaching completion triggered a vital question: Where to go from here"Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House Photographed by Lucas K Doolan?With the completion of the opera house, I feel as if the first epoch of my architectural career is also coming to an end after 40 years,? Ito says. ?Since we began designing residences in the early years of our firm, my colleagues and I have searched for beautiful spaces and architectural uniqueness. The opera house is the culmination of that search. I cannot imagine creating a more innovative work where the beauty of space is paramount.?So rather than trying to top the formal ex...