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Facts
Official Name Tokyo Sky Tree
Type tower
Status Completed
Country Japan
City Tokyo
Street Address / Map Oshiage 1-1-1
Building Function telecommunications / panoramatower
Structural Material steel
Proposed 2006
Start of Construction 2008
Completion 2012
Global Ranking #2 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #1 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #1 tallest in Japan
City Ranking #1 tallest in Tokyo
Official Website Tkyo Sky Tree
Figures
Height: Architectural 634.0 meter / 2080 feet
Height: Occupied 451.2 meter / 1480 feet
Height: To Tip 634.0 meter / 2080 feet
Height: Observatory 451.2 meter / 1480 feet
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 13
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s
Companies Involved
Design Architect Nikken Sekkei
Main Contractor Obayashi Gumi Corporation
Other Consultants Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC)
Other CTBUH Links
A New Leader for Telecom Towers
CTBUH Report, 2012

News Articles
Tobu Reports a Tourist Deluge at the Skytree
Daily Yomiuri Online, 2012-09
Video: Views from the Observation Deck
Wired, 2012-05
Tallest Telecom Tower to Rejuvenate Japanese Railway
Bloomberg, 2012-05
World's Tallest Communications Tower Will Survive Quakes
Brisbane Times, 2012-04
Japan Finishes World's Tallest Communications Tower
Bangkok Post, 2012-03
Guinness to certify Tokyo Sky Tree as tallest tower
The Asahi Shimbun, 2011-11
End in sight for the Sky Tree
World Architecture News, 2011-03
Tokyo Sky Tree Set To Bloom
SkyscraperNews.com, 2008-12