Located in the Akasaka area, near the U.S. embassy, the Midcentury classic—which opened in 1962 and was designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi and Hideo Kosaka—closes this month. Much of it will be torn down.
Christine Cipriani Wayland High School, designed by The Architects Collaborative, opened in 1960. With the exception of the field house, the complex will be razed.
Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, created a buzz in museum circles earlier this year when he expressed an interest in acquiring canonical, Midcentury Modernist houses for his institution's collection.