Kobe

Japan

Facts

Density

0 people per km²

0 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

6 Completed • 0 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Shin-Kobe Oriental City (1988)

Tallest Building

City Tower Kobe Sannomiya (190 m)

Most Common Function*

Residential (50%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (33%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

135

Tallest City in

the World

83

Tallest City in

Asia

6

Tallest City in

Japan

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	City Tower Kobe Sannomiya	190 m / 623 ft
2	Mikage Tower Residence	170 m / 558 ft
3	Kansai Electric Power Kobe Building	170 m / 558 ft
4	Shin-Kobe Oriental City	158 m / 518 ft
5	D'Grafort Kobe Sannomiya Tower	152 m / 499 ft
6	G-Clef Shinkobe Tower	150.9 m / 495 ft
7	Sannomiya Museum Tower	142.3 m / 467 ft
8	Hotel Okura	135 m / 443 ft
9	Kobe Crystal Tower	135 m / 443 ft
10	Kobe City Hall	132 m / 433 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Research

01 March 2015

Detailed Finite Element Analysis of Full-scale Four-story Steel Frame Structure

Detailed finite element (FE) analyses of a full-scale four-story steel frame structure, subjected to consecutive 60% and 100% excitations from the JR Takatori records during...

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Research

10 October 2004

Recent Activities on Earthquake Preparedness in Japan

First, the lessons on building performance from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster caused by the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake are reviewed and then, some of...

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