If apocalyptic future will come through nuclear weapons, then only Japan (brought to its knees with two atomic bombs in the closing stages of World War II) has a first-hand experience of what it will look like.
Here Tokyo Genso (Tokyo Fantasy) gives us his images of Japan in a catastrophic future, with buildings in ruins [...]
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Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, the Tokyo International Forum (東京国際フォーラム) is an exhibition and concert hall and conference center in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Shaped like an elongated boat, its dramatic atrium features a graceful mesh of arched steel beams and glass walls.
This ultra-modern building located between Tokyo and Yurakucho Stations on the Yamanote Line is one [...]
Thin buildings–in Japan, where real estate is prohibitively expensive, there are lots of them. You’ve probably seen one of these: quaintly slender buildings sandwiched between two large ones; sharp, pointed corner structures hugging every available space. Even apartments in which (we assume) tenants aren’t allowed to get too fat are not an uncommon sight.
So if [...]
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