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 ...

As lead curator of design and architecture at M+, she was there to see one of 23 pods that had been saved by the Nakagin Capsule Tower Preservation and Restoration Project, founded by former ...

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 ...

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.

Apartment rooms removed from the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo are being renovated for reuse, much as its famed architect had envisioned a half-century ago. Once touted as an architectural ...

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. Accor has ...