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Metabolized

A successful failure: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

An obsolescent masculine dream: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

Fala finds a home in Ginza: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

Images of a future from the recent past: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

Metabolic memories: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Big Prey

Why can’t Paul Rudolph’s buildings catch a break?

exterior of a brutalist courthouse building
The Jeopardized Five

A Brutalist courthouse and century-old Elks Lodge rank among 2022’s Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois

aerial view of the National Air and Space Museum in black and white
Pave The Way

Gyo Obata’s restaurant pavilion on the National Mall to be demolished to make way for $130 million Bezos Learning Center

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End Of The Road

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower set to be demolished in April

Boston Government Service Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Cast In Concrete

A Boston Brutalist classic is threatened with demolition. Architects and preservationists should fight for its survival

A low slung wooden geller house designed by marcel breuer
Demolition Déjà Vu

Op-ed: The demolition of Geller House I was a tragedy—but we should have seen it coming

A low slung wooden geller house designed by marcel breuer
Gone Overnight

Marcel Breuer’s Geller House I demolished on Long Island without warning

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Remember These?

Here are the controversies that drew ire in 2021

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A Religious Experience

Populous’s “Cathedral” will replace iconic San Siro Stadium in Milan

an abandoned building in detroit with a tower for the American Motors Corporation
Gremlins in the Rearview

Detroit announces redevelopment of long-vacant American Motors Corporation site

a white stucco building at Michigan State Fairgrounds
A Fair Deal?

Historic buildings at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds will be incorporated into a new transit center

a concrete civic building with an entrance resembling an abstract sphinx
Not Rising From the Ashes

Court rejects petition to save Brutalist bank in downtown San Jose from demolition

Rendering of the gansevoort market with a tower
Face-Off

Nine landmarked rowhouses will be partially demolished for BKSK’s Gansevoort Market tower

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