The tower sits in Ginza, right in the heart of Tokyo ... others as office space or creative studios, the remaining 40 are abandoned and lie in ruins. Back in 2007 (also the year of Kurokawa’s sad ...

In 1988, upon moving to Tokyo, British architect Mark Dytham made a pilgrimage to Ginza to see one building he believed encapsulated everything he had imagined Japan to be: Nakagin Capsule Tower.

Built a half-century ago as a futuristic architectural marvel that would permanently house tenants, the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo's Ginza district failed to stand the test of time ...

The site of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower, which was disassembled in Tokyo's Ginza district in 2022, is set to be taken over by a luxury hotel led by hospitality brand Accor.

One year after its dismantlement and a half century since rising high in Tokyo's Ginza district, the innovative Nakagin Capsule Tower is refusing ... Shochiku’s main office building in early ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps one of the most globally iconic buildings of that era could have been found in Tokyo, in the form of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, Kisho Kurokawa’s 1972 Metabolist apartment block.