Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Nakagin Capsule Tower

Accession Number: 
103622
Order Title: 
Marvin Malecha Donation, Part 8 (103622-103746)
Type of View: 
exterior
View Title: 
distant view
Date of View: 
1981
Image Rights: 
copyrighted
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
Japanese
Subject: 
mixed use
Subject: 
high-rise buildings
Subject: 
housing (concept)
Subject: 
prefabrication
Subject: 
buildings, prefabricated
Work Types: 
Architecture; dwellings; houses; prefabricated houses
Work Types: 
Architecture; multiple dwellings; apartment houses
Preferred Title: 
Nakagin Capsule Tower
Agent Display: 
Kisho Kurokawa (Japanese architect, 1934-2007)
Date: 
1968-1972 (creation)
Measurement: 
140 (count, capsules)
Locations: 
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
Location Type: 
(creation)
Style/Period: 
Metabolism (movement)
Classification: 
Architecture