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Facts
Population
Source: Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning
2,753,862 (2024)
Area
223 km² • 86 mi²
Density
12,349.2 people per km²
31,984.2 people per mi²
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Tallest City in
Buildings
|
RANK
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Name
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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 |
Height
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abeno Harukas | 300 m / 984 ft | |
| 2 | Osaka World Trade Center | 256 m / 840 ft | |
| 3 | The Kitahama | 209 m / 686 ft | |
| 4 | X-Tower Osaka Bay | 201 m / 659 ft | |
| 5 | ORC 200 | 200 m / 656 ft | |
| 6 | Nakanoshima Festival Tower West | 199.3 m / 654 ft | |
| 7 | Nakanoshima Festival Tower | 199 m / 653 ft | |
| 8 | One Dojima | 195 m / 640 ft | |
| 9 | KEPCO Headquarters | 195 m / 640 ft | |
| 10 | Umeda Garden | 193.5 m / 635 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
Videos
18 October 2016
Sustainable (Vertical) Urbanism, Grounded - Three Case Studies
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7a: Urban Environmental...
Research
05 July 2023
We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design
Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...
Global News
09 February 2023
Apartment Building with 712 Units Under Construction in Osaka
A conceptual rendering of the tentatively-named Osaka City Yodogawa Ward Juso Higashi Project (formerly the Yodogawa Ward Office Site Utilization Project) has been released. The...
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