Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center

The Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center is a building located in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.

Built in 1967, it is considered to be the first realization of Kenzo Tange's Metabolist movement, which called for a new urban typology that could self-perpetuate in an organic, "metabolic" way.

[1] It was built on a 189 square metres (2,030 sq ft) triangular site, and erected around a column, 7.7 metres (25 ft) in diameter, which forms the building's central core, and around which thirteen individual offices are connected asymmetrically.

[3] After World War II, a group of Japanese architects, including Kenzo Tange, began exploring the concept of "Metabolism" in their work.

[3] Tange and the Metabolist movement influenced a number of 20th century architects in both East and Western hemispheres.