Nakagin Capsule Tower, a building tucked away in a corner of downtown Tokyo that is made up of boxes stacked on top of each other, is an avant garde honeycomb of science-fiction-era housing long admired as a masterpiece.
It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world.
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