Nagakin Capsule Tower, Tokyo

RIBA Ref No RIBA2968-30

Architect/Designer	Kurokawa, Kisho (1934-2007)




Country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Subject Date	1972
Image Date	1972
View	Exterior
Style	Brutalist
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	A-Z
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Flats ; Prefabrication ; Brutalism: Unusual Shapes

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