MORE ABOUT: Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) 16-10, Ginza 8-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Construction Dates: [Design Conception] October 1969 – December 1970 [Fabrication] January 1971 – March 197…
MORE ABOUT: Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) 16-10, Ginza 8-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Construction Dates: [Design Conception] October 1969 – December 1970 [Fabrication] January 1971 – March 197…
MORE ABOUT: Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) 16-10, Ginza 8-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Construction Dates: [Design Conception] October 1969 – December 1970 [Fabrication] January 1971 – March 197…
MORE ABOUT: Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) 16-10, Ginza 8-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Construction Dates: [Design Conception] October 1969 – December 1970 [Fabrication] January 1971 – March 197…
MORE ABOUT: Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) 16-10, Ginza 8-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Construction Dates: [Design Conception] October 1969 – December 1970 [Fabrication] January 1971 – March 197…
Angular, geometric shapes, hard edges, and monolithic constructions. You are either in a Lego set or looking at an example of brutalist architecture. It’s a devise style, with some seeing it as the pinnacle of function over form, while others just think of endless, soulless commie blocks, with rotting, exposed concrete.
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Construite en 1972 par l'architecte Kisho Kurokawa, la tour de modules individuels verra sous peu ses capsules dispersées aux quatre coins du monde, dans des musées au Japon et à l'étranger.
Architect Kisho Kurokawa, 1972 Super Iconic Building and rare built example of Japanese Metabolism 16-10, ginza 8-chome, chuo-ku, tokyo! in front of shio dome city' s caretta building
The module of Nagakin Capsule Tower was created with the intention of housing traveling businessmen that worked in central Tokyo during the week. It is a prototype for architecture of sustainabilit…
Image 2 of 5 from gallery of Nakagin Capsule Tower Could Face Demolition. Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, Japan. Image © Manuel Ascanio | Shutterstock
Peter Chadwick’s new book This Brutal World collates some striking examples of this currently cool architectural genre, from the infamous to the virtually unknown
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.