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Tag Archives: nagakin capsule tower

Iconic Nagakin Capsule Tower in Tokyo set to be demolished on April 12

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Written by Enrico Zilli April 5, 2022 architecture capsule Japan kisho kurokawa metabolism nagakin capsule tower neglected architecture stacked tokyo tower
Tokyo Capsule Hotels - Photo: Nagakin Capsule Tower, © Noritaka Minami, Courtesy Kana Kawanishi Gallery.

Despite local and international efforts to save it from the wrecking ball, the Nagakin Capsule Tower will be replaced by a brand-new building. But some of the cuboid capsules composing it might be saved from demolition, restored and hosted in museums.

Tom Blachford captures Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style nightscapes

Written by Enrico Zilli February 3, 2018 architecture brutalism fiction globe-trotter Japan kenzo tange kisho kurosawa metabolist movie nagakin capsule tower night philippe stark photo essay photography sci-fi tokyo tom blachford
Edo Tokyo. Tokyo Blade Runner-style nightscapes - Photo by Tom Blachford

Australian photographer Tom Blachford explores Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style architecture portraying iconic buildings by Kenzo Tange, Kisho Kirosawa and more…

Archipanic sneaks a peek in the mother of all Tokyo capsule hotels: the iconic and neglected Nagakin Capsule Tower

Written by Enrico Zilli April 28, 2017 brutalism hotel Japan kisho kurokawa nagakin capsule tower nakagin capsule hotel noritaka minami photo essay stacked tokyo
Tokyo Capsule Hotels - Photo: Nagakin Capsule Tower, © Noritaka Minami, Courtesy Kana Kawanishi Gallery.

From postwar never-realized urban visions to fancy sleeping pods. The history of Tokyo capsule hotels starts from the endangered Nakagin Capsule Tower photographed by Noritaka Minami.