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A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

OMA unveils design for Tokyo shopping center that straddles two disconnected neighborhoods

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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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Sunny Days Ahead

Kazuo Shinohara’s reconstructed Umbrella House debuts at the Vitra Campus in Germany

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Odds 'N Ends

Daily digest: Seattle’s Freeway Park is now a city landmark, MVRDV unrolls Rotterdam Rooftop Walk, and more

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Big Boy

Japan’s tallest tower tops out in Tokyo

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End Of The Road

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

A tower lit up for the 2020 tokyo olympics
Greenwashing The Games

How sustainable really were the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

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Nakagin, Unplugged

Preservation efforts kick into high gear as the demolition of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower looms

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Metabolic Collapse

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower faces renewed threats of demolition

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Razing a Rock Palace

Tokyo’s iconic Nakano Sun Plaza concert hall and hotel will meet the wrecking ball

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Days Of Future Present

ANIME ARCHITECTURE constructs the future by pulling from the past

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Sparking the Flame

Sou Fujimoto reveals design for the top of Japan’s record-setting Torch Tower

View of the Kengo Kuma-designed National Stadium
Let the Games Begin

Construction of 2020 Olympic venues complete as cancellation fears loom

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Olympics Overload

Kengo Kuma’s National Stadium in Tokyo is complete

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