Metabolism: The Japanese architects who treated buildings like living organisms cnn.com

In their conceptual manifesto, "Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism," the Metabolist founders used biological metaphors to call for buildings capable of regeneration.
The group included architects Kiyonori Kikutake, Kisho Kurokawa, Masato Otaka, and Fumihiko Maki, and critic Noboru Kawazoe.
The Metabolist architects debuted their new ideas at Tokyo's 1960 World Design Conference.
The 140-unit Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.
Credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/GettyThe following decade, Metabolist architects abandoned their own manifesto to make museums, government offices, stadiums and other designs that weren't based on the body or regeneration.