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Tokyo Facts

Population 13,185,502 (2011) Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Area 2,188 km² • 845 mi² Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
150m+ Buildings 158 Completed • 8 Under Constr.
300m+ Buildings None • 1 Under Constr.
Tallest Building Toranomon Hills (256 m)
Global Ranking #6 in the world by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Regional Ranking #4 in Asia by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Country Ranking #1 in Japan by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
First 150m+ Building Kasumigaseki Building (1968)
Average Building Age 15 years
Most Common Function Office , 39%
Most Common Material Steel , 54%

All building-related facts are for 150m+ buildings.

Buildings See All Buildings in City

1   Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower 2023 325 m
2   Toranomon-Azabudai District West Tower 2023 263 m
3   Toranomon Hills 2014 256 m
4   Midtown Tower 2007 248 m
5   Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building 1991 243 m
6   Sunshine 60 Tower 1978 240 m
7   NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building 2000 240 m
8   Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 2003 238 m
9   Toranomon-Azabudai District East Tower 2023 237 m
10   Opera City Tower 1997 234 m
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CTBUH Initiatives

Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration
12 Sep 2017 – CTBUH Research

2016 China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum
8 Jul 2016 – Event

CTBUH Names Tall Building Award Winners and Finalists
22 Jun 2016 – Awards Event

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Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration
12 Sep 2017, Chicago – CTBUH Research
CTBUH partnered with Guinness World Records to identify the commercial building with the fastest elevator speeds and longest vertical runs.
2016 China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum
8 Jul 2016, Tokyo – Event
The third China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum was held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, on the topic of "Innovative Motion Engineering in Tall Buildings."
CTBUH Names Tall Building Award Winners and Finalists
22 Jun 2016, Chicago – Awards Event
CTBUH is proud to announce the winners and finalists for the CTBUH 2016 Tall Building Awards, chosen from a pool of 132 submissions vying for recognition.
Inaugural Japan Symposium Rises to the Occasion in Tokyo
22 May 2015, Tokyo – Event Report
CTBUH held its inaugural Japan Symposium at the Academy Hills lecture hall of the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, bringing together leading experts
Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower Chosen as Featured Building
Sep 2013, Tokyo – Featured Tall Building
As tall buildings become more necessary in dense, earthquake-prone regions, the integration of controls within the building to prevent damage and collapse will become a high priority fo
Kajima Corporation Buildings Chosen as Featured Building
Apr 2013, Tokyo – Featured Tall Building
The demolition of older tall buildings is increasingly becoming an issue with the impact on the environment and re-use of materials.
A New Leader for Telecom Towers
19-19 Feb 2014, Guangzhou – CTBUH Research Report
With the completion of two megatall telecommunication/observation towers it is perhaps time to review these structures and also explain why they are distinguished from other buildings.
1973 Tokyo National Conference on Tall Buildings
28-30 Aug 1973, Tokyo – Conference
The 1973 Tokyo National Conference on Tall Buildings was held in Tokyo, Japan from August 28th - 30th, 1973.
1971 Tokyo Conference: Planning & Design of Tall Buildings
4 Sep 1971, Tokyo – Conference
The 1971 Third Regional Conference on Planning & Design of Tall Buildings was held in Tokyo, Japan on September 4th.
CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014 – CTBUH Journal Paper
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.
CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2007
Dec 2007 – CTBUH Journal Paper
333 meters high with 72 stories and 480 suites, Rose Rotana Tower in Dubai leads the list of the 10 tallest buildings completed in 2007. The tower, which is developed by Bonyan International…

Videos

The Largest Megacity in the World: Assessing the Urbanization of the Pearl River Delta
17 Oct 2016 – Peter Kindel, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Vertical Futures: Technologies that will Shape the World
17 Oct 2016 – David Malott, KPF

Interview: Hiroo Mori
12 Nov 2015 – Director and Executive Vice President, Mori Building

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Vertical Futures: Technologies that will Shape the World
17 Oct 2016 – Presentation at CTBUH 2016 China Conference; David Malott, KPF
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. David Malott of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 2c: The State of the Art (…
Interview: Hiroo Mori
12 Nov 2015 – 2015 Awards Ceremony/Symposium Interviews; Director and Executive Vice President, Mori Building
Hiroo Mori, Director and Executive Vice President, Mori Building, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the work of the late Minoru Mori, the winner of the 2015 CTBUH…
Developing Tall Buildings and Urban Places, in Japan and Elsewhere
27 Oct 2015 – Presentation at CTBUH 2015 New York Conference; Hiroo Mori, Mori Buildings
A city is a stage where a wide range of activities take place. An internationally competitive city is one in which diverse human interaction and cooperation yield new…
Interview: Hiroo Mori
27 Oct 2015 – 2015 New York Conference Interviews; Hiroo Mori, Mori Building
Hiroo Mori of Mori Building is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Hiroo discusses some of Mori Building's…
Tall Building Innovation Award: An Evapo-transpiration Innovation for Cities of the Future: BioSkin
6 Nov 2014 – CTBUH "13th Annual Awards"; Tomohiko Yamanashi, Nikken Sekkei
BioSkin, a system of water-filled ceramic pipes that cools the exterior surface of buildings and their surrounding micro-climates, has won the 2014 Tall Building…
Interview: BioSkin
6 Nov 2014 – 2014 Awards Ceremony/Symposium Interviews; Tomohiko Yamanashi, NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
Thursday 6th November 2014. Chicago, IL. Tomohiko Yamanashi, Nikken Sekkei, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Tall Building Innovation Award winner, BioSkin,…
Modernization: Renewing the Lifecycle of Vertical Transportation
16 Sep 2014 – Presentation at CTBUH 2014 Shanghai Conference; Franz Arnold, Schindler Elevators
Traditionally much of the focus in the tall building sector has been centered on the ground breaking technology being put in place for the pioneering “Skyscrapers of…
Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal: Seismic Design and Structural Engineering: Implications for our World Today
3 Nov 2011 – CTBUH "10th Annual Awards"; Dr. Akira Wada, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
As tall buildings continue to rise in highly active seismic regions, the importance of designing their structures to withstand these dramatic events and maintain the…
Tall Buildings in Earthquake Prone Country
Oct 2011 – Presentation at CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference; Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akira Wada presents the history of tall buildings in Japan and the actual behaviors of many tall buildings in the East Japan Great Earthquake in March 11, 2011.

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Research Papers

The Future of Sustainable Cities and How Tall Building Urbanism has Evolved
28 Oct 2019 – 2019 Chicago 10th World Congress Proceedings - 50 Forward | 50 Back

Using AI to Simulate Urban Vertical Growth
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Review of Buckling-Restrained Brace Design and Application to Tall Buildings
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28 Oct 2019 – 2019 Chicago 10th World Congress Proceedings - 50 Forward | 50 Back; James Parakh, City of Toronto Planning Division
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Using AI to Simulate Urban Vertical Growth
Jul 2019 – CTBUH Journal Issue III; Rafael Ivan Pazos Perez
This research explores the use of artificial intelligence to simulate how cities will grow vertically. By learning how cities have evolved in the recent past, genetic…
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Sep 2018 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 3; Toru Takeuchi & Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) are widely used as highly ductile seismic devices, with the first building using BRBs completed in 1989 in Tokyo, and thousands more now…
Inter-Story Isolation Systems (IIS) for Tall Buildings: Design Considerations
Apr 2018 – CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue II; Elena Mele, Diana Faiella, University of Naples Federico II
Inter-story isolation systems (IIS) are currently gaining significant popularity, mainly in Japan, where more than 60 applications have been realized in the past 20 years…
Rapid Diagnosis Systems Using Accelerometers in Seismic Damage of Tall Buildings
Sep 2017 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 3; Toru Tsuchihashi & Masaharu Yasuda, Mori Building
Installing accelerometers in a building is an effective way to know how the building shakes when an earthquake happens. In this paper, we will introduce an example of an…
Structural Design and Performance Evaluation of a Mid-story Seismic Isolated High-Rise Building
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High Intensity Urban Order
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects
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Ecosystem-Driven Value Creation for Smarter, Digitalized Buildings
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Jukka Salmikuukka, Tomio Pihkala & Samu Salmelin, KONE
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Megacities: Setting the Scene
Oct 2016 – CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue IV; Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities…
Performance of Seismic Protective Systems for Supertall Buildings and Their Contents
Sep 2016 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 5 Number 3; Kazuhiko Kasai, Tokyo Institute of Technoogy
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Design and Construction of GINZA KABUKIZA
1 Sep 2016 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 5 Number 3; Hiroshi Kawamura, Yoji Ishibashi & Tsutomu Morofushi, Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei; et al
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Debating Tall: Modular as Homogenizing Force?
28 Jan 2016 – CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue I; Shonn Mills, Ramboll; Philip Oldfield, University of New South Wales
The persistent interest in prefabricated modular construction has now turned into high-rise reality, though the results have been inconsistent. Earlier experiments with…
Structural Design and Construction of the Foundation of Tokyo Sky Tree
Dec 2015 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 4 Number 4; Atsuo Konishi, Nikken Sekkei; Masaru Emura, Obayahi Corporation
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26 Oct 2015 – Asia & Australasia: A Selection of Written Works on the World's Tall Building Forefront; Hiroo Mori, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
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Development of a New Clean Demolition System for Tall Buildings
26 Oct 2015 – Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Yusuke Noguchi, Yozo Shinozaki, Hideki Ichihara & Makoto Kayashima, Taisei Corporation
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It’s Not About the Skyline, It’s About the Base Condition
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Seismic Isolation Systems Incorporating with RC Core Walls and Precast Concrete Perimeter Frames
Sep 2015 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 4 Number 3; Dai Shimazaki and Kentaro Nakagawa, Shimizu Corporation
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Next Tokyo 2045: A Mile-High Tower Rooted in Intersecting Ecologies
May 2015 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue II; David Malott, Keisuke Hiei & Heidi Werner, KPF; Leslie E. Robertson, LERA
“Next Tokyo” imagines a resurgent megacity, adapted to climate change through the realization of a high-density ecodistrict built on resilient infrastructure. The…
The Fire-Resistant Design of Tokyo Sky Tree
May 2015 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue II; Tomoyuki Someya, Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
As a critical asset for the city of Tokyo and its international reputation, the Tokyo Sky Tree was required to incorporate fire safety strategies that matched the…
The Vertical Garden City Grows Into the 21st Century
May 2015 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue II; Hiroo Mori, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
As host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo is undertaking a major redevelopment effort, giving long-planned projects new energy under the political impetus of the games.…
Debating Tall: Should Nakagin Capsule Tower Be Preserved?
28 Apr 2015 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue II; Erez Golani Solomon, Waseda University; Christian Dimmer, University of Tokyo
The Nakagin Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa and constructed in 1972, is an emblem of the Metabolism movement. With built-in features such as telephones, reel-to…
Health Monitoring of High-rise Building with Fiber Optic Sensor (SOFO)
Mar 2015 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings 2015 Number 1; Takao Mikami & Takao Nishizawa, IHI Inspection & Instrumentation Co. Ltd.
Structural health monitoring is becoming more and more important in the domain of civil engineering as a proper mean to increase and maintain the safety, especially in…
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue I; Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building…
BIM Applications to Large-scale Complex Building Projects in Japan
Dec 2014 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 3 Number 4; Yusuke Yamazaki, Tou Tabuchi, Makoto Kataoka, & Dai Shimazaki, Shimizu Corporation
This paper introduces recent applications of three-dimensional building/construction data modeling (3D) and building information modeling (BIM) to large-scale complex…
Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings
Sep 2014 – CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue III; CTBUH Research
The latest CTBUH technical guide, Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings, provides a thorough investigation of the methods used around the world for implementation of…
Toranomon Hills - Super High-Rise Building on Urban Highway
Sep 2014 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 3 Number 3; Yasuyoshi Hitomi, Hiroshi Takahashi, & Hidenori Karasaki, Nihon Sekkei
Toranomon Hills is the main building of a large-scale re-development project located in the center of Tokyo. The remarkable feature of this high-rise building is that the…
Design of Seismic Isolated Tall Building with High Aspect-Ratio
Mar 2014 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 3 Number 1; Takeshi Kikuchi & Satoru Fujimori, MHS Planners, Architects & Engineers; Toru Takeuchi & Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology
When seismic isolation system is applied to high aspect-ratio (height/wide-ratio) steel structures, there are several problems to be taken into consideration. One is…
Structural Design of an High-rise Building Using Concrete Filled Tubular Column
Mar 2014 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 3 Number 1; Shuichi Matsumoto, Osamu Hosozawa, Hiroyuki Narihara, et al., Taisei Corporation
In recent years, the performance requested for which an ultra-high rise buildings is diversified.
Performance-based Wind-resistant Design for High-rise Structures in Japan
1 Sep 2013 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 2 Number 3; Masayoshi Nakai & Kiyoaki Hirakawa, Takenaka Corporation; Masayuki Yamanaka & Hirofumi Okuda, Obayashi Corporation; & Atsuo Konishi, Nikken Sekkei
This paper introduces the current status of high-rise building design in Japan, with reference to some recent projects. Firstly, the design approval system and procedures…
Creating a Vertical University in an Urban Environment
Feb 2013 – CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue I; Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates
Multi-function universities in tall buildings are still a rarity, but they are growing more common as institutions look for efficient and cost-effective ways to serve…
Toranomon-Roppongi Area Project
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This paper provides the overview of structural design, adopted devices and construction methods in the Toranomon-Rappongi Area Project. When this project started,…
A New Leader for Telecom Towers
Jun 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue II; CTBUH Research
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The Effect of Building Morphology on Sea Breeze Penetration over the Kanto Plain
1 Jun 2012 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 1 Number 2; Taiki Sato, Taisei Corporation; Ryozo Ooka, University of Tokyo; & Shuzo Murakami, Building Research Institute
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A New Demolition Method for Tall Buildings. Kajima Cut & Take Down Method
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“Using conventional demolition methods, ten different materials could have been recycled on the job site, returning a recycling rate of 55%.The C&TD method allowed…
Micro Urban Voids in Tokyo
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Robotic High-Rise Construction of Pagoda Concept: Innovative Earthquake-Proof Design for the Tokyo Sky Tree
Oct 2011 – CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference; Thomas Bock & Thomas Linner, Technische Universität München; Shino Miura, The University of Tokyo
The Tokyo Sky Tree was constructed by using techniques and components of its Automated Building Construction System (ABCS) which they have been developing since the 1980s…
Structural Design of Tokyo Sky Tree
Oct 2011 – CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference; Atsuo Konishi, Structural Engineering Department, Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Presented in this paper is an outline of a structural design of Tokyo Sky Tree which is a new core facility of digital broadcasting for Tokyo metropolitan area of Japan.…
A Study on the Mixed-Use and Spatial Cognition of Mixed-Use High-Rise Complex in an Urban Downtown in Japan
Oct 2011 – CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference; Dong-Wook Lee, Ji-Young Jung & Hideki Kobayashi, Chiba University; Shinichi Tokuda, Ichijo Komuten
The urban regeneration projects have been built many high-rise building complex in urban areas. In the future, it is expected that increase the need to update tenant and…
The High-rise as a Retirement Community
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As cities are becoming denser, the functions of high-rises are expanding. In addition, the central business district is no longer the exclusive region of the high-rise…
Case Study: Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Feb 2009 – CTBUH Journal, 2009 Issue I; Paul Noritaka Tange, Tange Associates; Masato Minami, Arup Japan
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is an innovative educational facility located in Tokyo's distinctive Nishi-Shinjuki high rise district. Completed in October 2008, the 204-meter…
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Jan 2009 – CTBUH Journal, 2009 Issue I; Paul Noritaka Tange, Tange Associates; Masato Minami, Arup
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is an innovative educational facility located in Tokyo's distinctive Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district. Completed in October 2008, the 204-meter…
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2007
Dec 2007 – CTBUH Research
333 meters high with 72 stories and 480 suites, Rose Rotana Tower in Dubai leads the list of the 10 tallest buildings completed in 2007. The tower, which is developed by…
Study of Environmental Cognition and Life Domains of Residents of Super High-rise Condominiums
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Hirotomo Ohuchi, Satoshi Yamada, Hironori Negoro, et al. Nihon University
This paper discusses the appropriate design for super high-rise condominium. The population of Tokyo, which had been decreasing, began increasing in 1997. High-rise and…
Utilization of Deep Underground Space in Tokyo -Urban Renewal with the City's New Backbone Lifeline
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Yukihiro Masuda, Nobuyuki Takahashi & Toshio Ojima, Waseda University
This paper focuses on deep underground space as the last precious unused space of the mega city, Tokyo. We present an effective way of developing a deep underground space…
Practical Development of HMD and Application to High-rise Buildings
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Hirofumi Okuda, Mitsuru Kageyama, Masayuki Yamanaka & Matsutaro Seki, Obayashi Corporation
This paper describes development of a Hybrid Mass Damper (HMD) and its application an actual high-rise building.
Thermal Deformation Analyses of High-rise Steel Buildings
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Yukio Murakami, JFE Steel; M. Fushimi, Nippon Steel; H. Suzuki, University of Tsukuba
Drawing from the 9/11 events, the members of the Committee to Study the Redundancy of High-Rise Steel Buildings, which was established within the Japanese Society of…
High-rise Reinforced Concrete Building in Japan
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Yoshiteru Ohno & Taeseok Seo, Osaka University; Akira Sumi, Takenaka Corporation
This paper surveyed the high-rise RC buildings designed from 1972 till 2001 year about height of a building, structure form, material strength, etc.
The Depth, Width and Floor Height of a Unit of Super High-rise Residences in Japan
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Yuka Kuma & Hiroatsu Fukuda, The University of Kitakyushu
Although there are a lot of actual achievements of construction in developing cities, we cannot say that it is adequate to guarantee comfortable residential environment…
The Life Style of the Residents in a Super-High-Rise Apartment Building
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Ayaka Sugiyama, Hiromichi Tomoda & An Seonju; Showa Women's University
This paper investigates the life style of the residents in a super-high-rise apartment building, and how inhabitants are strongly influenced by the surrounding…
The Purchase for Super-high-rise Apartment Buildings
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Seonju An, Hiromichi Tomoda & Ayaka Sugiyama, Showa Women's University
This paper examines the purchase factors for super-high-rise apartment buildings. The residents replied that the most important factor is traffic convenience, and scenery…
Millenium Tower 150-story (Japan)
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Keizo Shimizu, Nippon ERI Co
The paper provides images that relate to the 150-Story Millennium Tower, proposed by Foster and Partners in 1989.
Report on the Mechanical and Electrical Technology of the Latest Tall Buildings in Japan
Oct 2004 – CTBUH 2004 Seoul Conference; Takaharu Kawase, Chiba University; Toshihiro Sugiura, Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
The construction rushes of tall buildings have been taken place in the center of Tokyo in Japan. Here, the outline of the latest mechanical and electrical (M&E)…

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