Dezeen Agenda newsletter features demolition of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the dismantling of the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
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Footage reveals dismantling of Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo
This exclusive video footage by Dezeen shows the demolition and dismantling of Kisho Kurokawa's metabolism Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo. More
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Japan's tallest building tops out in Tokyo
Architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners' 330-metre-tall A District tower has topped out in central Tokyo, making it Japan's tallest building. More
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"Kurokawa would appreciate that his work is finite" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the dismantling of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo and discussing other top stories. More
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This week the demolition of Tokyo's iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower commenced
This week on Dezeen, demolition began on the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo – a 20th-century metabolist landmark designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. More
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Demolition of iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower begins in Tokyo
The dismantling of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has begun, with the interiors of its modular capsule homes already resembling a "demolition site". More
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Apollo Architects & Associates arranges Tokyo house around hidden courtyards
A pair of internal courtyards filled with plants bring daylight and greenery into the living spaces of this home designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a site in central Tokyo. More
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Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets
Overloaded cyberpunk masks, hulking exoskeletons and other imagined wearable tech feature in an exhibition by artist Ikeuchi Hiroto, who mixes pop culture references and model-making. More
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Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers
A sloped roof lined with wooden bleachers and plants conceals the student hub that Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has created for the Tokyo Institute of Technology. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Flooat creates "fluctuating landscape" inside publishing office near Tokyo
Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Snøhetta organises Pangaea co-working space in Tokyo around "super furniture"
Huge ribbons of wood provide desk surfaces in this co-working space in Tokyo, created by architecture firm Snøhetta for Japanese tech company Digital Garage. More
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Japanese architecture
Japanese architecture
Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
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Kiyoaki Takeda designs Tsuruoka House to accommodate both people and plants
Japanese studio Kiyoaki Takeda Architects has completed a plant-covered house in Tokyo featuring vaulted slabs filled with soil for growing plants. More
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Kazoo Sato designs hemispherical public toilet for Tokyo
Designer Kazoo Sato has created a public toilet that uses voice commands to control functions including the door, toilet flush, taps and ambient music as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Anti-microbial ceramic surfaces by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces used across Tokyo office interior
Dezeen promotion: Matteo Belfiore Architecture and Shukoh have used anti-microbial ceramic surfaces by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces across the interior of a new headquarters for a cyber company in Tokyo, Japan. More
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Kashiwa Sato creates "pure white toilet" in Tokyo
Graphic designer Kashiwa Sato has built a public toilet wrapped in white aluminium louvres alongside Ebisu station in central Tokyo, Japan. More
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Not Architects Studio encloses terraces with metal mesh at Weather House
Screens made from metal mesh wrap around two sides of this house in Tokyo, Japan. More
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Kengo Kuma's Japan National Stadium is the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Cedar panels clad the eaves of the 68,000-seat Japan National Stadium, which Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates designed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. More
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Watch Nendo's Tokyo 2020 cauldron open to reveal Olympic flame
This video shows the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cauldron designed by Japanese studio Nendo opening up to reveal the hydrogen-powered Olympic flame. More
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Nendo creates spherical Olympic cauldron with hydrogen flame
Japanese design studio Nendo's spherical cauldron, which opened to hold the Olympic flame, was the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony. More
