As Architects are preoccupied with building systems and technology, Interchangable Elements "Capsules" become a "High Tech" realization of what is otherwise theoretical work such as that of the Archigram Group in London

Original Metabolist Group

Kiyonori Kikutake (Theorist / Architect)
Fumihiko Maki
Otaka
Kisho Kurokawa
Noboru Kawazoe (Critic)
Kenji Ekuan (Industrial Designer)

1963 Izumo Shrine reception and administrative office building (Kikutake)

1964 Tokyo Olympics (Tange)

1966 Kyoto International Conference Hall (Otani)

1966 Oita Prefectural Library (Isozaki)
1968 - 1971 Fukuoka Bank Headquarters (Isozaki)

BIG 5 Large Construction Firms

Shimizu / Obayashi / Takenaka / Taisei / Kajima
Nikken Sekkei (Architecture / Engineering / Planning / Design)

1969 Ichiban Kan (Tokyo) Minoru Takeyama

1970 Niban Kan (Tokyo) Minoru Takeyama

1970 Osaka EXPO

Space Frame (Tange) / Pneumatic Structures
(Archigram / Paulo Soleri / Buckminster Fuller)

1972 Nakagin Capsule Tower Tokyo (K. Kurokawa)

1973 Daiei Building (Nagoya) Paul Rudolph

1973 Fujimi Country Club, Oita (Isozaki)

1976 Atelier Indigo (Sapporo) Minoru Takeyama

1976 Sony Tower Osaka (K. Kurokawa)

1977 West Japan General Exhibition Center, Fukuoka (Isozaki)

1978 MA Exhibit (Post Modernism and Pluralism)