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Obituary: Saying Goodbye to Kisho Kurokawa’s Metabolist Icon

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When he first conceived his progressive tower, architect Kisho Kurokawa not only wanted to design something the world had never seen, but he also saw the project as an on-the-ground opportunity to radically overhaul architecture as the profession understood it. The Nakagin Capsule Tower via Wikimedia. Both images via Wikimedia.

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Obituary: Saying Goodbye to Kisho Kurokawa’s Metabolist Icon

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When he first conceived his progressive tower, architect Kisho Kurokawa not only wanted to design something the world had never seen, but he also saw the project as an on-the-ground opportunity to radically overhaul architecture as the profession understood it. The Nakagin Capsule Tower via Wikimedia. Both images via Wikimedia.