You can book a stay in a restored Metabolist masterpiece

Architecture buffs can stay at an iconic Metabolist home, built by the architect of Nakagin Capsule Tower as his summer residence.

Capsule House K was designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1973 with similar modular capsules to its Tokyo counterpart. The monumental home, which perches on a forested hillside in the Nagano Prefecture, is available to rent after undergoing a top-to-toe refurb earlier this year.

Guests can relax in its white capsule living room – complete with retro control panel fittings – and gather in its pristine tea room, where a circular window has sliding shoji screens. In the primary bedroom, a curved aperture fills a whole wall, while its pale tranquil kitchen has tree canopy views.

Kurokawa built the Japanese holiday home in the town of Miyota a year after he created the Nakagin Capsule Tower (now being dismantled). Both are among the most critical pieces of post-war Metabolism architecture, which envisaged cities and buildings as ever-changing, growing entities similar to organic biological growth.

Capsule House K is owned by Kurokawa’s son, who previously crowdfunded its refurbishment. It’s now available for private stays and sleeps seven people for ¥200,000 per night via Airbnb. Timewarp interiors have original posters, books and objects from the Kurokawa family’s time there.