Kobe

Japan

Kobe
Kobe
Kobe
Kobe
Kobe

Facts

Population

1,522,188 (2022)

First 150m+ Building

Shin-Kobe Oriental City (1988)

Tallest Building

City Tower Kobe Sannomiya (190 m)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
144

Tallest City in

the World

#
87

Tallest City in

Asia
#
6

Tallest City in

Japan

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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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

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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