The Nakagin Capsule Tower, one of the world’s weirdest and most wonderful buildings, will be demolished The architectural icon has been under threat of demolition for two decades. Now ...

Nakagin Capsule Tower was composed of two interconnected concrete towers, onto which 140 prefabricated steel capsules were bolted. These pods contained compact homes.

It is a “sister” building of Kurokawa’s iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower, a futuristic apartment house in Tokyo’s Ginza district and a representative work of the Metabolism avant-garde ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has set back or even scrapped the latest plans for the Nakagin Capsule Tower building, the futuristic-looking, architectural marvel in Tokyo’s Ginza district.

The iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower has been in danger of demolition for more than a decade, but it seems decision time is upon us, as the verdict surrounding its future will soon be announced in the ...

Promotion: a semi-permanent exhibition showcasing one of the restored capsule cabins from Tokyo's Nakagin Capsule Tower is taking place at the M+ museum in Hong Kong. Running from 2 November 2024 ...

In Japan, renders were released of the luxury Pullman Tokyo Ginza hotel, which is set to be built on the site of the Nakagin Capsule Tower – an iconic example of the metabolism architecture style.