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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

Aerial rendering of the National Stadium in Tokyo, surrounded by low-rise buildings
Olympics Overload

Kengo Kuma’s National Stadium in Tokyo is complete

Aerial photo of Tokyo and an under construction stadium, presented at Made in Tokyo
Obligatory Akira Reference

The Japan Society bridges Olympic games past and future at Made in Tokyo

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Towers of Tokyo

Japan’s tallest tower revealed in Tokyo’s new Heatherwick-planned district

The Nakagin Capsule Tower, an iconic collection of stacked concrete cubes
Tokyo Tear-Down?

Fate of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower still up in the air

Interior rendering of swimming complex with diving pool and swimming pool, in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
Beyond Kengo Kuma

AN rounds up the hottest 2020 Summer Olympics venues in Tokyo

An image of a large gray building with a sweeping concave roof on the water.
Shake It Up

Why doesn’t the U.S. design buildings to survive earthquakes?

Headshots of Momoyo Kaijima and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
Made in Tokyo

Get some exclusive insight into Atelier Bow-Wow’s New York exhibition

The Circle of Life

GSAPP’s DeathLAB examines evolving attitudes towards mortality

Graffiti Square (Courtesy of teamLab)
welcome to the matrix

teamLab to open immersive digital museum in Tokyo

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