Kurokawa’s 1972 Nagakin Capsule Tower to be demolished this week

The Architects’ JournalKurokawa’s 1972 Nagakin Capsule Tower to be demolished this week Demolition of Kisho Kurokawa’s 1972 Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo is finally slated to start this week The post Kurokawa’s 1972 Nagakin Capsule Tower to be demolished this week appeared first on The Architects’ JournalRichard Waite

CBS - The end of Tokyo's ultra-modern Nakagin Tower, 11122022

Completed in 1972, Tokyo's Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture – 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods in the heart of downtown. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time capsules of the ultra-modern 1970s. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports