It was in an old special issue of Japan Architect dedicated to the then current 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and featured the Yoyogi National Gymnasium by Kenzo Tange:
Maybe you can see it too...
Non-other than Zaha Hadid's London Aquatics Center for the 2012 London Olympics / Paralymics, possibly my favourite out of all the London 2012 architecture.
I can only assume Zaha reads her Japanese architecture. The symmetry in the above photography is a bit uncanny too
And yet I can find no reference or connection made between the two buildings on the internet. Maybe it's just me?
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