Kisho Kurokawa, one of the greatest exponents of contemporary architecture, has died in
Tokyo at the age of 73 from a heart attack.
A student of
Kenzo Tange, in the 1960s he was one of the youngest founders of the
Metabolist Movement, which sprang from the desire to promote an architecture that would follow the rapid growth of Japanese cities. This theory distinguished many of his works and is characterised by a structural basis inspired by DNA cells or other, similar structures.
The
Nakagin Capsule Tower in
Tokyo (in the photo) remains perhaps his most famous work, known also to non experts.