Midtown Tower

This article is about skyscraper in Japan. For the high rise building in Rochester, New York formerly known as Midtown Tower, see Tower 280.
Midtown Tower
ミッドタウンタワー
Midtown Tower with Gardenside in the foreground
Map
General information
Location9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato
Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°39′59″N 139°43′54″E / 35.66639°N 139.73167°E / 35.66639; 139.73167
Construction started2004
Completed2007
OpeningMarch 31, 2007
OwnerMitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd
Height
Roof248.1 meters (814 ft)
Technical details
Floor count54 above ground
5 below ground
Floor area246,408 m2 (2,652,310 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineerNikken Sekkei Ltd.
Main contractorTakenaka Corporation
Taisei Corporation

Midtown Tower (ミッドタウンタワー, Middotaun tawā) is a mixed-use skyscraper in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six buildings within the Tokyo Midtown complex, at 248.1 meters (814 ft), and was the tallest building in Tokyo until 2014.

Construction

Located at the center of the Tokyo Midtown development, Midtown Tower is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At 248.1 meters (814 ft), it was the tallest building in Tokyo from the completion of primary construction in January 2007[1] until the completion of Toranomon Hills in 2014. Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the offices had been open since February.[1] The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and Taisei Corporations.[2]

Facilities

As a mixed-use facility, Midtown Tower's 54 floors are utilized in different ways. Several conference rooms occupy the entirety of the 4th floor. The 5th floor is the home of the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, a gallery and space for exhibitions, collaborations and discussions by designers. Tokyo Midtown Medical Center is located on the 6th floor. This medical facility is the first Japan-based collaboration with Johns Hopkins University.[3] Unlike similar supertall skyscrapers in the area such as Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Midtown Tower's top 54th floor is not a visitors' observation deck but rather houses building components and maintenance facilities.

Office tenants

Floors 7 to 44 are designated as commercial office space and house the offices of (among others):[citation needed]

Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Floors 45 to 53 are home to Japan's second Ritz-Carlton hotel – the 247-room Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. The hotel offers many notable features including Japan’s most expensive Presidential Suite, available for $20,000 per night, and an "authentic" 200-year-old Japanese tearoom. Four works measuring 8.1 meters (27 ft) in height by American painter Sam Francis appear in the building's lobby, that, along with the second and third floors, is utilized by the hotel.[4]

The Ritz-Carlton Suite, billed at US$26,300 per night, was listed at number 9 on World's 15 most expensive hotel suites compiled by CNN Go in 2012.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mid-Town Tower". Mitsui Fudosan. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Mid-town Project (tentative name)". Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 2004-05-18. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Midtown Medical Center". Tokyo Midtown. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  4. ^ "The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo Welcomes First Guests March 30; 248-Room Property Offers Strategic Roppongi Address In New Tokyo Midtown Development". The Ritz-Carlton. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  5. ^ Arnold, Helen "World's 15 most expensive hotel suites" Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine CNN Go. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11
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Records
Preceded by Tallest building in Tokyo
248 m (814 ft)
2007–2014 		Succeeded by