TOKYO 東京 | Tokyo Square Garden 東京スクエアガーデン－ | 124m | T/O

TOKYO 東京 | Kyobashi 3-1 Project 京橋３－１プロジェクト | 124m | U/C

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2725/kyobashi31project.jpg

http://www.katakura.co.jp/news/pdf/2009/n091006.pdf <--- pdf
http://n-seikei.jp/2010/07/post-3401.html

height: 124,45m
stories: 24
function: Office &
start: 09/2010
completion: 03/2013

location:
Kyobashi (3), Chuo-ku

http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.676036,139.768753&sll=35.676036,139.768753&sspn=0.002928,0.002532&brcurrent=3,0x60188be3b33c3613:0x46c164da526287c,0&ie=UTF8&ll=35.676185,139.768935&spn=0.006911,0.016512&t=h&z=17

helicopter:

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6852/tokyokyobashi10061.jpg

June 2010

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4708/tokyokyobashi10062.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

Update:

They actually started construction this month.

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8008/ebe7cc9a.jpg
bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

New renders

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8437/101019kyobashi311.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7921/101019kyobashi312.jpg
http://kenplatz.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/nfm/news/20101019/543878/

11/26

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9756/56eedbe3b87d0c81c6effe7.jpg
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/tokyo-kashiwa

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5503/tokyokyobashi10121.jpg

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9149/tokyokyobashi10123.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

Still going into the ground before going up.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1847/kyobashi310036.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8922/kyobashi310041.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1231/kyobashi310043.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

06/22

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5116/5860578568_ee59fa52d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/odashinsuke/5860578568/)
110622_007__MG_8369 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/odashinsuke/5860578568/) by oda.shinsuke (http://www.flickr.com/people/odashinsuke/), on Flickr

A small height change from 124.9m to 124.45m forced me to change the height in the title from 125m to 124m.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1769/img1049461453348422.jpg

update:

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7474/img1049461453348420.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ys_yoko068

09/14

And we have lift off. :)

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3339/img7538m.jpg

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/9976/img7540k.jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6490/img7542d.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1088/img7543d.jpg

09/26

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9611/img0230co.jpg

update

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5558/kyobashi31p0063.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9633/kyobashi31p0064.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5426/kyobashi31p0071.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com

Some really good progress now. I am going to enjoy watching them build this one.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/30/img0387mini.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/img0387mini.jpg/)
http://risecity.blog93.fc2.com/

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9611/img0230co.jpg

This view is fantastic. More than just a city.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9417/06790f52.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7962/8571c61f.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Update

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9646/kyobashi310278.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

It's going quite fast right now, hopefully we'll get a proper update soon.

I prefer the original render, but still the tower looks nice. I hope they will add more greenery. The location also helps in giving more charm to this tower.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7962/8571c61f.jpg

A sample of the facade? It looks fine, but the detail could be a little better.
The building is very urban, good on the street level and the tower part is just a simple box, I like it as well.

It's getting very noticeable from the Tokyo Tower.

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/3071/88393435345345.jpg
source: anonymous from a Japanese BBS.

update

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/378/c9917959.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

update

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1205/kyobashi31p0030.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8594/kyobashi31p0034.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/358/kyobashi31p0038.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/gatebridge0299.jpg

http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

February

http://i.imgur.com/qugbl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3DbC4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BmDMO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DuNwS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OA8CB.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

update

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6614/kyobashi0145.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/1810/kyobashi0158.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

on the right

http://i.imgur.com/yPThv.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

03/21

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/6860223772_90fc4d1d93_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akasaka_moon/6860223772/)
DSCN6259 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akasaka_moon/6860223772/) by akasaka_moon (http://www.flickr.com/people/akasaka_moon/), on Flickr

03/20

http://i.imgur.com/jS8MV.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kro331

I haven't seen this angle yet.

04/02

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7041369377_73f9b121a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobmlarsen/7041369377/)
1405 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobmlarsen/7041369377/) by Jacob M Larsen (http://www.flickr.com/people/jacobmlarsen/), on Flickr

That's a massive angle. Completely stunning. It reminds me of Tehran-ro in gangnam.
Shiodome on the distance. Unique.

Amazing shot, great perspective and light.

Bluestyle posted a big panorama on it's blog.
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/archives/52086038.html


I cut some projects out of it for some updates.

04/04

http://i.imgbox.com/aacQTVT0.jpg

From Tokyo Tower

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6366/ttowerginza0379.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/


I didn't realize it was already T/O because I thought it was still a bit to low for 124m, but this one won't grow any higher.

update

http://i.imgur.com/SiBSE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7uGgX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YDcfF.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

update

http://i.imgur.com/gFCnV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WLawy.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

It certainly doesnt look 124m, but it looks like it will be a nice building.

It does indeed look lower, but that's because it's such a wide single. If you compare the height in some of the skyline pics with other buildings it does show that it's 125m.

It does indeed look lower, but that's because it's such a wide single. If you compare the height in some of the skyline pics with other buildings it does show that it's 125m.

I knoŵ what you mean, if it was a pencil tower it would probably look a lot taller.

06/30

http://i.imgur.com/UZ76Q.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

07/09 from the Sky Tree

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7588250846_a57a3a6671_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larry-ng/7588250846/)
P7091842 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larry-ng/7588250846/) by Larry Ng (http://www.flickr.com/people/larry-ng/), on Flickr

update

http://i.imgur.com/NBdtl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rSLsp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/znQ1u.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DGVWb.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

From the Sky Tree 08/19

http://i.imgur.com/ziCpf.jpg
http://tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

http://i.imgur.com/3DbC4.jpg

What's the building U/C on his right Momo ?

Sougo-kan 110 tower 相互館110タワー (67.95m)

http://kenchiku-blog.blogspot.nl/2012/05/110.html
http://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/company/news/pdf/2011_041.pdf

#41

In my opinion it looks like a fat, uninspired 60's or 70's brick. I don't like it.

Really?
For me it may well be a brick, but it's a very nice one ;)
Cladding is flawless, colours of the glass is very classy... I would be sooo happy to have such building being built in my city, haha!
I don't mind very boxy proportions like this, it makes a lot of sense actually.
But of course..... It would be so much more beautiful to have the double of this height.
Same everything, but 250m: I would fall in love with it. lol

(On the other hand, that Sougo-kan 110 tower is a complete fail, to me. Just ugly. A very unfelicitous match if you ask.)

This building is good but the original design was a lot better.

IMO, it would look better if it's more slender, or if they splitted it in two buildings.

Really?
For me it may well be a brick, but it's a very nice one ;)
Cladding is flawless, colours of the glass is very classy... I would be sooo happy to have such building being built in my city, haha!
I don't mind very boxy proportions like this, it makes a lot of sense actually.
But of course..... It would be so much more beautiful to have the double of this height.
Same everything, but 250m: I would fall in love with it. lol

(On the other hand, that Sougo-kan 110 tower is a complete fail, to me. Just ugly. A very unfelicitous match if you ask.)

I was a lurker, but this whole project makes my blood boil. So, I created an account.

Frankly Braillard, I find your elitist advocation for modernism in Japan to be vexing. A Taisho-era office building, the "Katakura biru," was demolished for this dime a dozen in Tokyo excretement. Also IIRC, many posts back you had a little vision of the Azabu Post Office to be redeveloped.

By the way, Azabu Post Office is huge and very spread out. A perfect candidate for redevelopment!

While I'm not too concerned about stuff built after 1929 or Art Deco architecture, historic preservationists ought to be considering what little is left. I assume you're from where you claim, and while modernism isn't as plentiful in Switzerland, it's overwhelmingly the case in Tokyo and much of Japan. I find it especially disturbing when the school buildings are more historic than the few remaining Taisho and early Showa-era office buildings. Everyday, Tokyo is beginning to look more like Brasília circa 1960.

As a result seen from my quarrel, I like the 110 Tower. If you didn't realize, its design pays homage to the original 1921 building:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/4/44/Dai_ichi_sogo_kan.jpeg

Frankly Braillard, I find your elitist advocation for modernism in Japan to be vexing. A Taisho-era office building, the "Katakura biru," was demolished for this dime a dozen in Tokyo excretement.

Hello Regenthouse, very pleased that you joined the forum.

Don't get me wrong, I am defending the design of this tower, not the fact that it replaced some taisho-era building. I am as saddened as you when such historical building are destroyed. I wish there would be a strict law for protecting a listed number such historical assets in Japan.

It's terrible to see that the destruction of meiji, tasiho and early showa building is not stopping. For example, the recent destruction of Sanshin Building is an unestimable loss and wasn't needed for Mitsui's redevelopment of its Hibiya Mitsui Building, I think.

But there's some hope too. The Meidi-ya just a block away from this project will be untouched in the redevelopement of its block. Also, several buildings around Nihonbashi and Marunouchi have been redeveloped while keeping their facade or part of the original building.

Your accusations of "elitist advocation for modernism" is unfair I think. My stance was just to defend boxy design, because I think that boxy design is not only the most rational, economic and ecologic, but can also (not always unfortunately) be very beautiful.

While I'm not too concerned about stuff built after 1929 or art deco architecture, historic preservationists ought to be considering what little is left.Everyday, Tokyo is beginning to look more like Brasília circa 1960.

Agree, though I think post-1929 buildings too can have a historical value and ought to be preserved if so.

Also IIRC, many posts back you had a little vision of the Azabu Post Office to be redeveloped.

When I was saying that, I was thinking of a kind of redevelopement that would keep the facade and the aisles, and demolish only some inner parts of the building.

As a result seen from my quarrel, I like the 110 Tower. If you didn't realize, its design pays homage to the original 1921 building

The reason why I think it's "a very unfelicitous match" is precisely because I think it doesn't give justice to the 1921 building. That one should never have been demolished.

As an homage, the intention was good, but IMHO it failed.

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9441/20120530kyobashi301.jpg

Hello Regenthouse, very pleased that you joined the forum.

Thank you!

Don't get me wrong, I am defending the design of this tower, not the fact that it replaced some taisho-era building. I am as saddened as you when such historical building are destroyed. I wish there would be a strict law for protecting a listed number such historical assets in Japan.

The laws need to be strict on preserving the building's facades and other historic elements, but need to mandate current standards. A restaurant in a former historic residence in Kobe burned to the ground because its listed status didn't allow a modern sprinkler system to be installed. Furthermore, the Nihonbashi Takashimaya opted out on listing because of the constraints which would have been imposed, ultimately doing more harm then good for the building. The restoration work and whole project is one of my favorites and looks very promising.

It's terrible to see that the destruction of meiji, tasiho and early showa building is not stopping. For example, the recent destruction of Sanshin Building is an unestimable loss and wasn't needed for Mitsui's redevelopment of its Hibiya Mitsui Building, I think.

I read that Mitsui actually plans to mimic the old design of the building. But honestly, I like their new headquarters near the Palace hotel because of how the top curves downwards. So if the Hibiya buildings and the second Marunouchi one are similar, I wouldn't mind.

But there's some hope too. The Meidi-ya just a block away from this project will be untouched in the redevelopement of its block. Also, several buildings around Nihonbashi and Marunouchi have been redeveloped while keeping their facade or part of the original building.

I'm hoping the Tokyo Tatemono Building (http://office.tatemono.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?id=40) is preserved if any redevelopment on the site ensues. Also, the Kabuto-cho building (http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ryuw-1/e/5dede1756cbccf87c6532ff632c454aa). Tokyo Station ought to be declared a national treasure when the restoration is complete.

Your accusations of "elitist advocation for modernism" is unfair I think. My stance was just to defend boxy design, because I think that boxy design is not only the most rational, economic and ecologic, but can also (not always unfortunately) be very beautiful.

What I was saying was this design is so common in Tokyo, that I don't think it was worth demolishing history. Even for the sky garden.

When I was saying that, I was thinking of a kind of redevelopement that would keep the facade and the aisles, and demolish only some inner parts of the building.

Fair enough. I wouldn't mind seeing that, granted it doesn't experience any economical height reductions.

The reason why I think it's "a very unfelicitous match" is precisely because I think it doesn't give justice to the 1921 building. That one should never have been demolished.

As an homage, the intention was good, but IMHO it failed.

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9441/20120530kyobashi301.jpg

I still like it. It's far better than anything that has ever been done in adjacent Ginza.

update

http://i.imgur.com/m6DZx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lrT5e.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

This tower has gotten a very appropriate name.

Tokyo Square Garden 東京スクエアガーデン－

http://pdf.irpocket.com/C8804/JA1b/pSnT/vPxq.pdf


2 pictures from a couple of months ago.

http://i.imgur.com/5ho5s.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/E5VYU.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/


new thread title:

TOKYO 東京 | Tokyo Square Garden 東京スクエアガーデン－ | 124m | T/O

Love the name, it fits the look of the building.

The name is VERY appropriate.

Love it!

http://i.imgur.com/r1JFX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pNmsB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3mSyB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1ykKd.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

02/26

http://i.imgur.com/Y13fmw7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/U1s87L7.jpg

03/05

http://i.imgur.com/RxRAGaC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kqFNrKh.jpg

I don't know if you had the same impression as me, Momo, but when I came accross this building I had the feeling it was just HUGE.
Because of its proportions, I could never realized it just looking at the pics, but it's a beast.

And then I really loved it. It's grand: Classy, lots of greenery, simple and untemporal cladding.
Of course it would be really iconic if it were taller, but I like it like this too.

There are buildings that already look old since the day they are completed (best example is Palace Hotel, though I know some will disagree), and there's the opposite, like this one, that have no age and will still look fresh after a long time. Again, this is my personnal opinion and I'm not trying to impose it.:)

P.S. I like a lot the coast redwoods they planted. I hope they don't trim them and let them grow high (It's the tallest species on earth but it's ok, it will not grow 112m here.lol)

15/03

This one is a grea piece of art. <3 (if it was taller...)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8577981544_d2d319a14d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8577981544/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8577978226_e3d098d2e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8577978226/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8576870459_7f35231eab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8576870459/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8577970452_73e90a86fd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8577970452/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8238/8577961606_ee9c748dfd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8577961606/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8576857779_40a36a9b2c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8576857779/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8577956288_235bee7fab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8577956288/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8520/8576852655_fc5a1a598f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8576852655/)

Completed

4.15
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8654048725_f9b642302a_b.jpg

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8655152414_dc5e3abdd5_b.jpg

Very classy!

This building is classified as low-rise or mid-rise?

Anyways, the interior is stunning. New paint, new tiles, new metal =)

124m is a high-rise in Japan.

Mid-rise is pretty much everything between 60m and 100m, downwards is low-rise.

I think a 124 meters building could be considered a high-rise everywhere in the world and not only in Japan.

April
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