TOKYO 東京 | Toranomon Hills 虎ノ門ヒルズ | 255.5m | T/O

TOKYO 東京 | Loop Line 2 - Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区 | 255.5m | U/C
Full name:

Loop Line #2 Shimbashi/Toranomon Redevelopment Project Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業　III街区

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3953/phindex01.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7765/11022816.jpg

official website:
http://www.mori.co.jp/projects/kanjo-2go/

press release for the start of construction prayer ceremony:
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2011/02/20110228140010002122.html

height: 255.5m
stories: 52
function: mixed use (office, hotel, residential)
status: U/C
start date: Spring 2011
completion date: 2014

location:
Toranomon (1), Minato-ku

http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.666841,139.749269&sll=35.666841,139.749269&sspn=0.002833,0.002387&brcurrent=3,0x60188b925a11e22b:0xf5511b9e4e7d1bac,0&ie=UTF8&ll=35.666789,139.749345&spn=0.006912,0.016512&t=h&z=17

detailed plans of the project on .pdf
http://www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp/topics/h21/topi001-5.pdf

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8052/img20100806011733.jpg

This tower is part of a major redevelopment scheme around the new "Loop Line #2" road between Toranomon and Shiodome. On completion it will be Tokyo's tallest skyscraper passing the Tokyo Midtown Tower in Roppongi. Demolition has recently started in order to start the construction in November 2010, it will take 4 years to complete. Just before the start it was announced that the actual start of construction has been delayed until Spring 2011.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3765/0907021.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6715/0907024.jpg

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9915/0907025.jpg

http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2009/07/20090702130000001504.html


事業名称　：環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業III街区
所　在　地：東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目26番他
敷地面積　：17,069m²
建築面積　：9,363m²
延床面積　：244,305m²
階　　数　：地下5階、地上52階、塔屋1階
用　　途　：事務所、住宅、ホテル、店舗、カンファレンス、駐車場
建物高さ　：地上247m（最高高さ255.5ｍ）
構　　造　：S造（一部SRC造、RC造）
事業施行者：東京都
特定建築者：森ビル株式会社
設　計　者：株式会社日本設計
工事施工者：株式会社大林組
竣　　工　：2014年（予定）

The location:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7094/tokyotoranomon09071.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/07/post-0116.html

August

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8454/tokyotoranomon10082.jpg

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8016/tokyotoranomon10083.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9199/img15399161990030.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

I like how all of the projects especially this one have alot of green space on top of the building itself :)

With a company named Mori you would expect some trees. And they keep up to their name if see the green around their towers in this area, luckily this one isn't an exception.

View from the Tokyo Tower

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4126/1e9ce604.jpg

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1173/e731799c.jpg
bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

In 2 months it will be U/C.

Around 10/15

Looking for some archeological remains... According to the guard, they haven't found anything that would delay the construction.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2803/loopline2.jpg

We're now exactly 6 weeks before construction starts.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3476/loopline2oct15.jpg

I can't wait to change the title to U/C. :)

On this render it says that there will be a 3-meters lightning rod on top of the structure... That would make 258m, but I guess it doesn't count...?

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7820/loop2zumen.jpg

Great project :cheers: This will be the tallest building in Tokyo, right? What is the height of the other buildings around it?

It will indeed be the tallest.

The buildings around it aren't as high, the highest that can be seen on the pictures is just over 170m high.

This map shows the location of all the high-rises around the tower that is the red one in the middle.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5873/tokyomap.jpg
http://www.blue-style.com/search-map.php?status=allselect&mapMinLat=35.649764081067175&mapMinLng=139.72678184509277&mapMaxLat=35.69160046368351&mapMaxLng=139.79544639587402&mapCenterLat=35.67068501330236&mapCenterLng=139.7611141204834&mapScale=14


As for the 258m, I already knew that from the pdf drawings (see the 1st post). This kind of things always result in big discussions here on SSC. The official building height is only 247m, but since the top is part of the architectural design the highest point for the statistics is 255m. The lightning rod is just something that is just something that is put on top of the building, therefor it doesn't count.

It's not as extreme as the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Tower:
Office building: 150m
Plus spire: 239.8m
Plus antenna: 272m

Thank you, Momo1435! The area looks good.
247m or 258m... whatever... :tiasd: it's really tall building with nice clean design :)

Some bad news.

The start of construction has been delayed until Spring 2011 and the scale of the project has also been reduced.

The news comes from the Nikkan Kensetsu Kougyuo Shinbun 日刊建設工業新聞, Daily Construction Newspaper.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2949/up474843.jpg

The scale reduction is minimal, the total number of floors will go from 53 to 52. And the total floor space will be reduced from 253000 m2 to 244300 m2. It seems that the number of residential apartments in the tower will be reduced.

The newspaper article doesn't mention if the height will change also, but that might not be the case if there will be more office floors. We will know before the constructions starts in the Spring, probably when they will update the notice boards around the construction site.

u_u Now I'll have to wait more to get to see this arise over Tokyo :bash:
Did they mention why it has been delayed?

The delay is probably only because of the last minute modifications to the design. But they don't directly mention the reason for these changes, only that they are reviewing the residential part of the building. They don't say if it's just a couple of residential floors less or if there won't be any apartments left in the new design.

We will probably know when more info will come out sooner or later.

The construction signs on the site still have the original dates and stats. You can easily be fooled that it has already started by this and by all the machinery on site working on the road tunnel that is going to come above ground under the tower. But if the previous news wasn't true the start of construction would have been all over the media and that hasn't happened.

Pictures from 11/28

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3815/img68933443046190.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/539/img68933443046191.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ys_yoko068

Heavy work but still not U/C.

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/503/tra032.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2651/tra036.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8211/tra039.jpg

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5162/tra045.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

NEWS NEWS NEWS

Mori released a press release about the start of construction.
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2011/02/20110228140010002122.html

Although they are again not really clear, still saying that it will start this spring.

But they did held the safety prayer today, and the meteorological spring will start on the 1st of March. With the construction that is already going on for the new road they also can't do a proper ground breaking ceremony.

So everything considered, I will put this one on U/C!


And in the press release some new stats and measurements were also announced.

事業名称　：環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業III街区
所　在　地：東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目26番他
敷地面積　：17,069m²
建築面積　：9,363m²
延床面積　：244,305m²
階　　数　：地下5階、地上52階、塔屋1階
用　　途　：事務所、住宅、ホテル、店舗、カンファレンス、駐車場
建物高さ　：地上247m（最高高さ255.5ｍ）
構　　造　：S造（一部SRC造、RC造）
事業施行者：東京都
特定建築者：森ビル株式会社
設　計　者：株式会社日本設計
工事施工者：株式会社大林組
竣　　工　：2014年（予定）

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7765/11022816.jpg

Height:
building: 247m
architectural: 255.5m
including antenna: 258m
floors: 52

The announced that the total number of floors was reduced from 53 to 52 was a bit misleading. The office floors and the residential floors have remained the same. The difference in the floors is all in the hotel floors at the top of the building. The number of floors for the hotel was reduced, but it seems to been compensated with an increased floor height. Therefor the total height of the building hasn't changed, for what it's worth the architectural height even increased by 0.5m.

It's still going to be Tokyo's tallest tower upon completion and it's starting now! :)

Woohooo!! Great news!!
I'm so relieved, thank you!

:cheer:

Well, there's still something like one year before we really see it rise, but it's relieving to know that it will go forward and that it will still be 255m! Sorry, 255.5! ;)

We'll see when it will rise. The foundation works for the road tunnel underneath the tower have been going on for quite some time. This could make it go faster then other projects, but it could also make everything more complicated and make it last longer.

For now some recent pictures.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2199/tokyotoranomon110211.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3967/tokyotoranomon110212.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8247/tokyotoranomon110213.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2633/tokyotoranomon110214.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6518/tokyotoranomon110217.jpg

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/654/tokyotoranomon110218.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

Grear news!!!
:cheers:

This is one hell of great news. Thank you for the nice updates. I hope it will rise as soon as possible.

I has a bit too exited with the news of the prayer ceremony. The tower will only go officially U/C on April 1st. But nevermind, I don't feel like changing the status back.

http://i53.************/9s8376.jpg

This project is now also 100% officially U/C.

On the Google Earth picture you can see the route of the new road with the tower site in the middle.

Google March 12,

http://i52.************/2zhms6g.jpg
Google

On the bottom left of the picture you can see the demolished site of the Toranomon Pastoral Hotel and the site of the new JMA building.

On the top left, the area below the taller grey tower is also an area that could go up for redevelopment very soon. Part of that area is the Toranomon Hospital that was already demolished for the road.

Finally a proper update, although it's a bit artsy picture of the site it's very recent.

At the bottom of the picture you can see the long steel beams with white tents around them, here the steel beams that will go down in to the ground are welded together. This means that they will be using top down construction method on this tower, in a way that is very common in Japan.

http://i52.************/21kf2uf.jpg
source: unknown on a Japanese picture uploader

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6567/tra0190.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3784/tra0193.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6986/tra0201.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6705/tra0210.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

2008 vs. July 2011

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/305/o0600100111341806074.jpg
http://ameblo.jp/monakichisan/

Construction diagram.

It looks like because of the costruction of the tunnel the tower will go up before they start with the base.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8684/o0800079811341806076.jpg

How tall was the building they demolished?

The tallest building on the block and in the last picture that was demolished was the Toranomon 17 Mori Building 虎ノ門17森ビル, it was 17 floors tall.

It looks a little fat haha, they should make it taller

update:

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/9751/7317b176.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8123/ffe45b8c.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

I can't tell if there's been any progress or not lol.

update

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/175/tokyotoranomon11091.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9972/tokyotoranomon11092.jpg

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2941/tokyotoranomon11093.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1170/tokyotoranomon11094.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/536/tokyotoranomon11095.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6663/tokyotoranomon11096.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4482/tokyotoranomon11097.jpg

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/2880/tokyotoranomon110913.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

Cool design :cheers:

Hope it starts to rise soon!
:cheers:

This one will make great impression on Tokyo's skyline. I love the design alot.

09/09

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2677/img6571b.jpg

We can see the steel frame for the 1st floor. With the top down construction method it could mean that it could start to grow soon. But I also see a platform on top of of it and that usually means that they will start to dig 1st before they go up. We'll see how it goes.

edit,

moved here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=83659282#post83659282

^^ Wrong thread? :P

Oops, with so many pictures it has to go wrong at least wrong.

These pictures are in the right thread here.

09/10

After walking around the fenced of site I finally found a emergency stairs that was not locked to get this view.


http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7628/img6784p.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5346/img6785o.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4020/img6789h.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/889/img6790h.jpg

Good view. How is Tokyo? You should move there :)

It's hot here.

I went from 14 degrees on Thursday morning to 30 degrees on Friday afternoon, I'm still adjusting to this change together with the time difference.

But other then that I'm not complaining, I'm walking around with a big smile on my face. :)

Thanks for the updates, this is going to look really nice.

From a helicopter you even get a better overview over the site, and now I see this pictures on the bluestyle blog I remember that it was initially my plan to also go on a helicopter flight around the city. But I never came round to actually do it.

The picture is from 10/02

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9226/9be85347.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

The construction plot looks massively huge. No wonder this is going to be a fat skyscraper.

10/16

The 1st steel has gone up above ground.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2595/9d5e474b.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8259/ead1f47c.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2479/efdde63c.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Still no tower cranes though.

It's a promising project, and it will the highest building in Tokyo, so why don't you put 5 stars on this thread too?

I never put any stars on any thread. I think it might be kitty-chan who used the thread rating system to do that. Anyone can do that. It should actually be turned off since it can't be checked who rated a thread. But since it's just too handy to find a thread fast I haven't reported it, so shhh don't tell anyone. ;)

10/29

Tower Crane

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6285/img1049461455414410.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9658/img1049461455414411.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ys_yoko068

update

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6295/shinbaranomon0193.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3981/shinbaranomon0216.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

The press was invited on 11/29 to take a look on the building site.

Jiji press put the best picture on their site.
http://www.jiji.com/jc/p?id=20111129185836-1817777&n=2

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7185/view1817777.jpg


It goes fast.

It goes fast.

:banana:

:cheers: Really fast!

12/01

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9725/tokyotoranomon11121.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6571/tokyotoranomon11122.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4871/tokyotoranomon11123.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9208/tokyotoranomon11125.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

How they did just make all this progress in 1 month? I cannot believe it for sure. That's some crazy up speed! Never seen such in my life.

12/10

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6839/da399433.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3421/dda96d5f.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Update

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4003/shintrare0191.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1897/shintrare0197.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6569/shintrare0215.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2971/shintrare0281.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

And on from this picture you will get a good impression of how big the tower will become compared to the current steel structure.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1025/20111221170236928.jpg

このビルはもっと高くなります！

このビルはもっと高くなります！
English please :).
It will take some time to take shape and rise faster.

Update, more recent then the last one.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2893/425fdb48.jpg

No impact on the skyline yet.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1020/12054c02.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/


And as always with construction, it goes as it goes.

My pictures

1/4/2012

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00217.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00219.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00222.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00224.jpg

Construction of the road

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00228.jpg

Even the signs in Japan bow ;)

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00231.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00227.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00229.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00230.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00232.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00233.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00234.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00237.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00238.jpg

:lol:
I love the bow in the sign

Thanks for the update

Really great update NK! Thank you!

Aerial 2011/12/04 by Nikkei Architecture
http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj638/jonta7/c28b13ab.jpg

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj638/jonta7/_ph1-2.jpg

Loop Line 2 tunnel 2012/01/06 by Nikkei Architecture
http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj638/jonta7/_ph1-3.jpg

^^ ありがとうございます！:cheers:

From the WTC only the cranes can be seen, but it will be a good update spot when the tower gets higher.

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3407/wtctokyoa0026.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6906/shintra0105.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5053/shintra0175.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

Another comparison.

July 2008
-
February 2012

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

http://i.imgur.com/gpcc4.jpg
http://ameblo.jp/monakichisan/

It needs to go faster! I am impatient for this one :laugh:

I'm back home, time for some updates


02/12

http://i.imgur.com/eGwI1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Cqwv7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ws1JP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3GVsc.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Some more

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2985/shintrare0229.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8517/shintrare0236.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8163/shintrare0247.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2747/shintrare0252.jpg

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2493/shintrare0262.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8412/shintrare0267.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

02/24

From the direction of Shiodome.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3513/src24641004.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/586/src24641003.jpg
http://4travel.jp/traveler/tsuneta63/

Last weekend

http://i.imgur.com/TC5nH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9HHc4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y9eYS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pjg9t.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jIv4Z.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xZX9k.jpg

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

Looks like it's going to be a very slender tower.

Video

mPB0O0vbVVI


The reason why this video was posted is that Tower 1 at this project was used on the Tokyo Sky Tree.

You mean the crane. Tower crane.

Looks like it's going to be a very slender tower.

No, it's going to be fater than it looks now. Quicker than an explanation, I will just re-post this picture from Ukiyo. Look at the fifth image on the signboard.


http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC00233.jpg

No, it's going to be fater than it looks now.

なるほど。 Thanks for the illustration. :cheers1:

update

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/512/shintra0219.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8712/shintra0221.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4026/shintra0229.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9966/shintra0232.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5584/shintra0250.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

Video

mPB0O0vbVVI


The reason why this video was posted is that Tower 1 at this project was used on the Tokyo Sky Tree.

In the Tokyo Tower, the antenna continues bent. :crazy: :ohno:

They have actually started working to repair it

They made a lift to the top on the outside of the tower to a platform made from scaffolding, with a small crane down to the top of the highest observation deck.

picture date 03/20

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

Thanks Momo!

04/01

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

http://i.imgur.com/8zMlV.jpg

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

04/02

From Tokyo Tower

http://i.imgur.com/TQUXu.jpg
original image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23789965@N07/6902733692/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5079/6902733692_e65234342a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23789965@N07/6902733692/)
View from Tokyo Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23789965@N07/6902733692/) by dvdjhnsn (http://www.flickr.com/people/23789965@N07/), on Flickr

^ Can't wait to see the last picture in a year or two.

4/12

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562417_3388185797834_1665248999_2791979_1658284820_n.jpg

^^ You are in Tokyo right now. :)


blog update,

date: recent but before 04/12

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9445/ttowershin0146.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2807/shintra0405.jpg

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3021/shintra0408.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2629/shintra0411.jpg

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1676/shintra0416.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

04/19

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_1173.jpg?t=1335238036

4/24

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_9140.jpg?t=1335373679

If the tower will be growing with 3 floors per week it will start to be noticed in the skyline in a few months.

Thanks for the pictures! :)

You're welcome

5/1

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_9814.jpg?t=1335852015

04/28

http://i.imgur.com/RWH1g.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n3ISR.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

05/09

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_4141.jpg?t=1336557386

Not the best picture but looks like it's jumping up again.

05/13

http://i.imgur.com/qM72Q.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/0xznq.jpg

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

05/12

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7181985128_5dc9bdbfd8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxcha/7181985128/)
Tokyo Tower / 東京タワー (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxcha/7181985128/) by bxcha (http://www.flickr.com/people/boxcha/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7181239836_98dc17f76e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwkruse/7181239836/)
Tower cranes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwkruse/7181239836/) by K W Kruse (http://www.flickr.com/people/kwkruse/), on Flickr

05/15

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_1874.jpg?t=1337122300

update, the 1st curtain wall panel is now on the building.

http://i.imgur.com/8hnbj.jpg

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

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

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

This is going super fast :O

05/27, from the Sky Tree

http://i.imgur.com/cOJan.jpg
http://ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

06/02

http://i.imgbox.com/aahsy2c1.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aahsy2c1)

http://i.imgbox.com/aaliGl9V.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aaliGl9V)

http://i.imgbox.com/aav6pO8Z.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aav6pO8Z)

http://i.imgbox.com/aagrDXUm.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aagrDXUm)

http://i.imgbox.com/aahUNDtD.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aahUNDtD)

http://i.imgbox.com/aapSCxCQ.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aapSCxCQ)
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

It's so thin for its size, I really love it <3.

wow it's going up so fast!

found on flickr, a little bit older thou
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedeal2011/7314764620/
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7314764620_342787b556_b.jpg

^^ It's old, but it's very good view. I like to see more of this angle.

~~~~~

Better one from the Sky Tree then the one on the last page.

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

found on flickr, a little bit older thou
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedeal2011/7314764620/

Love the view here. This will be amazing when the street and building are completed. This must be from Shiodome I guess?

Today

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_7425.jpg?t=1339381311

found on flickr, a little bit older thou
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedeal2011/7314764620/

So that´s going to be an avenue, right? Are there any renders from this angle?

^^
In the first page of this thread there are renders where you can see the avenue :)

2 pictures from this weekend

http://i.imgbox.com/aadHUbSC.jpg
http://risecity.blog93.fc2.com/

http://i.imgbox.com/aafTq99g.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

A photo from the same angle as the paujuu one, but more recent:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exmachina/7362282710

^^ The same uploader posted an even better angle, the picture is dated 06/06.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7362269056_4a6ca14b0a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exmachina/7362269056/)
tokyo skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exmachina/7362269056/) by 3xmachina (http://www.flickr.com/people/exmachina/), on Flickr

This is just way too fast :cheers:

6/13

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_5258.jpg?t=1339636403

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_8528.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/IMG_9921.jpg

Thanks the update.

i'm worried about the elevation, doesn't look appealing

whatever you mean by elevation?

i meant glass panels

well so far they haven't installed many of them, so we don't know what the final product will look like yet. Personally, glass panels in japanese buildings rarely disappoint me.

06/27

A bit unsharp, but it shows the progress.

The photo was taken from 150m and the Iino building right next to it a bit further away is 147m. With the next height jump the tower should pass the 150m.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7453975494_6fb958a259_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/khaw/7453975494/)
View of Tokyo from Tokyo Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/khaw/7453975494/) by oliverkhaw (http://www.flickr.com/people/khaw/), on Flickr

http://i.imgur.com/xv589.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4iw6W.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/3Nbpm.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

Great progress :)
And now with these images I do like the facade :cheers:

I like the front shape of this tower. Thanks Momo.

Another update, dated 06/30

http://i.imgbox.com/aabkk33o.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aabkk33o)

http://i.imgbox.com/aaiAr9lS.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aaiAr9lS)

http://i.imgbox.com/aadDrzn9.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aadDrzn9)

http://i.imgbox.com/aacukMYB.jpg (http://imgbox.com/aacukMYB)
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

This tower is just way too fast, way too perfect!
Thanks for the update
:cheers:

Thanks Momo-san!!!
I'm so excited to see this tower rising !!!It's already Looking good!!!
:banana::cheers:

06/30

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7471356466_47d0b58c5f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78653037@N03/7471356466/)
Tokyo Sky Tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78653037@N03/7471356466/) by ：rudy： (http://www.flickr.com/people/78653037@N03/), on Flickr

i went over some recent tokyo photos @ flickr... and those below are almost useless, but you can see that's soon it's gonna be visible from popular spots like mori tower observation deck, or with tokyo tower pics...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7591209860_97918850ce_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozuichinosuke/7591209860/)
東京タワー中距離 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozuichinosuke/7591209860/) by ozuichinosuke (http://www.flickr.com/people/ozuichinosuke/), on Flickr


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7583594264_fb3e27f2b6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/collared_drifter/7583594264/)
Tokyo Metropolis - 東京都 North/East (http://www.flickr.com/photos/collared_drifter/7583594264/) by Grif Batenhorst (http://www.flickr.com/people/collared_drifter/), on Flickr

http://i48.************/10ddzpe.jpg

I've been searching for some pictures too, but I couldn't find anything more then that either.

But when it's grows a bit taller we should see more pictures from the view from Mori Hills.

^ Here you go, from today

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_5324.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7536431156_268f8476ca_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yskark/7536431156/)
Winter in Japan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yskark/7536431156/) by yskark (http://www.flickr.com/people/yskark/)

Nice pic thanks. That picture is from June 13th, so it seems like in my picture they have already made the next jump?

Thanks for the pictures.

07/08

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7527777386_4f289d6553_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79041261@N04/7527777386/)
工事中 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79041261@N04/7527777386/) by ma20k44 (http://www.flickr.com/people/79041261@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7556283952_9af85f73a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79041261@N04/7556283952/)
工事中2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79041261@N04/7556283952/) by ma20k44 (http://www.flickr.com/people/79041261@N04/), on Flickr



07/15

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7574818656_2001eed453_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7910793@N02/7574818656/)
建設中 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7910793@N02/7574818656/) by ã�Œã�˜ã‚… (http://www.flickr.com/people/7910793@N02/), on Flickr

That picture is from June 13th, so it seems like in my picture they have already made the next jump?

I guess so. Did you take the picture from the other side? It looks like you did, but honestly I have a problem to lokalize this place.

07/15
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7574818656_2001eed453_b.jpg

Nice one, giving a good insight. I really like the structure how it looks, it's almost fashion : )

I guess so. Did you take the picture from the other side? It looks like you did, but honestly I have a problem to lokalize this place.
There's a big clue in the picture where it is taken.

The building on the left has a blue and white sign with 40 on it, and that's an original Mori sign. So out of their numbered buildings this is Mori Building #40, and that happens to be Toranomon 40 MT Building (MT = Mori Trust).

And that is located here.
http://goo.gl/maps/77o3

It's a similar angle, just from the ground as the 2nd picture in paujuu's last post that was taken from the Tokyo Tower.

Thank you Sherlock Holmes : ) You pointed out the spot quite clever.

Edit: Sorry, at first I misunderstood your last sentence.

I was just lucky that I searched for the oldest Mori Buildings earlier this year, that how I knew about these signs.


07/19

http://i.imgur.com/uktaL.jpg
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/midorigf2

By 2015 this photo will look different.

07/15

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

http://i.imgur.com/Cxs4B.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/erYZF.jpg
http://naga-redev.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

07/21

http://i.imgur.com/GTC6J.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2JFQY.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/O7sO1.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

07/27

http://i.imgur.com/4viVx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rm4SH.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

^ Nice he/she should have zoomed out more though for another picture.

07/30

http://i.imgur.com/2yk6U.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

right behind the new Kabuki-za Theatre in Ginza.

08/02

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7698422642_a8920a1ddb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryosuke-leo/7698422642/)
View of Tokyo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryosuke-leo/7698422642/) by Ryosuke Leo (http://www.flickr.com/people/ryosuke-leo/), on Flickr

08/04

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC02132.jpg

Picture by me

08/05

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7716017676_3eb61e5f08_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/summerwind/7716017676/)
Tokyo #001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/summerwind/7716017676/) by summerwind (http://www.flickr.com/people/summerwind/), on Flickr

08/05

http://i.imgur.com/Y0uJP.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/iRQS0.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

^^
:cheers2:

it's starting to look better, but i don't think it will stand up to roppongi hills
do you know what's the actual height ?

Yesterday by me

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03109.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03017.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03111.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03116.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03117.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03120.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03122.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03125.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03126.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03137.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03138.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03272.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03322.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03494.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03495.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03498.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03499.jpg

^^ You forgot this one. :)

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/DSC03007.jpg

It will be finished this year dear Momo ?
and what about the highway ? Is it completed ?

The tower will be completed in 2014, the full road in 2015 but section might be opened earlier but not before 2014.

Any pics of the road ?

The road is built in a tunnel underneath the tower. If you look back a couple of pages in this thread you can see current state.

This picture also belongs in this thread.

08/09

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

^^ This will be the best skyline shot in Tokyo When Izumi's sister shows up.

There will be 2 towers + the Sky Tree that will stick out above the horizon by then. Only making the view from the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower better then it already is.


But it can even be better when the shot is a bit wider.

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

Especially when also include the Akasaka 1-chome redevelopment, Toranomon 2-chome, Roppongi 5-chome (Mori Hills 2) and Mori also has some big plans lined up close to this threads project as they will be redeveloping some of their older buildings in Nishi-Shimbashi (there's no detailed info about this).

and Mori also has some big plans lined up close to this threads project as they will be redeveloping some of their older buildings in Nishi-Shimbashi (there's no detailed info about this).

Do you have any trustable source for that?

It sounds like an evidence that eventually, Mori would redevelop their aging buildings in Toranomon/Nishi-Shimbashi, especially because many of them are contiguous and can be redeveloped as a few big projects.

But I haven't seen any source talking about it yet, so I'm curious.

Minori Mori mentioned this in his book "Mori Building The making of vertical garden cities", p138 in the English version.

Talking about the Shimbashi-Toranomon district.

"The area has a large concentration of our earlier buildings for lease and we are currently inviting our neighbours to join us again in forming superblocks for redevelopment purposes."

So it's not just Nishi-Shimbashi, it might even be more the case for Toranomon.

Thanl you! I bought the book right after reading your answer ;-)

Momo , what's the actual height of the building ?

I don't know the exact height, but it should be between 160-170m

08/13

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7773924652_228f6cc64c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rusty_milestones/7773924652/)
untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rusty_milestones/7773924652/) by D's Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/rusty_milestones/), on Flickr

08/15

http://i.imgbox.com/adb9PuuG.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adb9PuuG)

http://i.imgbox.com/acpGanxi.jpg (http://imgbox.com/acpGanxi)

http://i.imgbox.com/acfHQB8T.jpg (http://imgbox.com/acfHQB8T)

http://i.imgbox.com/adoblKTc.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adoblKTc)

http://i.imgbox.com/adf6MNPp.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adf6MNPp)

http://i.imgbox.com/adrgRTjI.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adrgRTjI)

http://i.imgbox.com/ablqj8zw.jpg (http://imgbox.com/ablqj8zw)

http://i.imgbox.com/acifref9.jpg (http://imgbox.com/acifref9)

http://i.imgbox.com/adkJqYjy.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adkJqYjy)

http://i.imgbox.com/admBJe0G.jpg (http://imgbox.com/admBJe0G)

http://i.imgbox.com/abqA9Jov.jpg (http://imgbox.com/abqA9Jov)
http://ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

8/9 from sky tree

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC03584.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC03603.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC03659.jpg

8/10

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC03884.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC03898.jpg

8/13 From Sunshine City

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC04508.jpg

In this pic you can imagine its place in the skyline

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC04520.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC04536.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/Construction/2nd/DSC04623.jpg

Pictures taken by me

In this pic you can imagine its place in the skyline



A rough approximation of how it might look.

http://i.imgur.com/egT63.jpg

Wow nice! Do you think you could do that with the first picture from sunshine city?

It's not easy to recognize the tower with this angle , but very realistic :)

08/16 from the Sky Tree

http://i.imgur.com/Mscn1.jpg
http://ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

Wow that person has a powerful zoom.

08/19

Currently the construction is around the point where the office floors end and the residential floors will begin to rise.

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

http://i.imgur.com/7H1Vd.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7ZOm4.jpg

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

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

Wow nice! Do you think you could do that with the first picture from sunshine city?

I'll see...it might take a bit more time, being more close up.

A rough approximation of how it might look.

http://i.imgur.com/egT63.jpg

It will have a nice impact on the skyline as it will be way more higher than its neighbors!:)

In that image, the Loop tower looks much higher than the Shiodome buildings on its left, I guess the tower is located nearer to where the original photo was taken?

The tower is located about 7.5 km away from Sunshine 60, where the photo was taken, as opposed to 8.1 km for Shiodome. I based the size of the building on its size relative to the nearby Atago Green Hills Mori Tower. It could well be off...I didn't put a whole lot of time into calculating the exact height. The tower is about 40m taller than the tallest building in the Shiodome cluster (255 vs 215 m)

I think the height is close enough. If it's actually lower it won't be that much that it will visually not stick out as much as it does here.

8/22

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_7210.jpg

From the Sky Tree 08/19

http://i.imgur.com/o2WVw.jpg

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

08/23

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7862069004_842b5b5d73_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/85337800@N07/7862069004/)
from tokyo tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/85337800@N07/7862069004/) by TravlinGavin (http://www.flickr.com/people/85337800@N07/), on Flickr

From Sunshine 60.

http://i.imgur.com/46ZQp.jpg
http://512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

Momo , how many projects we have in Minato Area ? It's certainly the most dynamic area in the construction level in all tokyo with Roppongi and Otemachi ?

Dude, Roppongi is a district in Minato. Why not try searching yourself by the way?
The seven first posts are more than enough if you are eager to know what's going on in the past, present and future (as well).
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1212657

It will be more exciting if you find the answers yourself than through somebody. We learned that in elementry school (didn't you?).
When you can't find your answer then it's okay to ask here.

09/03

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7922014888_26674e4716_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bilsla/7922014888/)
Tokyo Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bilsla/7922014888/) by Geimbar (http://www.flickr.com/people/bilsla/), on Flickr

09/06

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7943823906_d1bcc7573d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyshin/7943823906/)
Tokyo Tower dusk 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyshin/7943823906/) by shinichiro* (http://www.flickr.com/people/crazyshin/), on Flickr

^^
One word, AMAZING!

Speechless :drool:

Offtopic: Anyone knows a way to save that photo in my PC?, I just want it for a wallpaper, but it seems that flickr, well, the author doesn't allow the download of it.

You can't download it because you didn't sign in. You should login first to be able to download the photo. That should solve your problem.

Otherwise, this photo is marvelous.

^^ That doesn't matter.

When it's an image file you can always download a picture, even when the uploader has done as much as possible to prevent this. It depends on your browser how you do it.

09/09

http://i.imgur.com/SR9ov.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/NYUT6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7xHtN.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

You can't download it because you didn't sign in. You should login first to be able to download the photo. That should solve your problem.

Otherwise, this photo is marvelous.

Thanks! :)

9/12

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_1565.jpg

Love it :banana:

TOKYO 東京 | Loop Line 2 - Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区 | 255.5m | U/C
Full name:

Loop Line #2 Shimbashi/Toranomon Redevelopment Project Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業　III街区

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3953/phindex01.jpg

me enamore !

09/22

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

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

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/I4e76.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

The progress of the cldding is impressive !

09/25

http://i.imgur.com/V1azr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/X6KUu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UDat4.jpg

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

09/29

work has now started on the residential floors. The height should now be around 180m.

http://i.imgur.com/8inkU.jpg

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

Ay, wish if this one was a supertall!!!! Man, why not extra 50 meters and you're done ;).

I think this tower may become a Landmark for Tokyo like Sky Tree will be in a few years , this kind of construction is very rare uncommon in Tokyo and the location is very good , I wish it will have some Night Light like Tokyo Tower ...

10/2

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_7443-1.jpg

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_9743.jpg

more from 09/29

http://i.imgur.com/xt3XL.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/TMk12.jpg

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

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

Greatest building in the world, this will be :D.

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

Momo , you may have an idea about the project with the little crane in the right :D

Upper right?

Nihon Seimei Otemachi Rebuilding
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1491548

Greatest building in the world, this will be :D.

Haha in the world? It's really too bad it couldn't be a supertall :(

10/04

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

Haha in the world? It's really too bad it couldn't be a supertall :(

It's still worthy of being Tokyo's tallest.

Great pics! I've noticed that many of the skyscrapers going up in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan appear to have steel cores rather than the concrete ones seen in other skyscrapers overseas - is this mainly due to Japan's frequent earthquakes? Or is there another reason?

Actually, most towers don't even have a core like you see in other tall buildings. It's more 1 big steel frame, although the vertical steel beams are more dense around the lift areas then on the office floors. Concrete towers in Japan also don't have a core but also use a concrete frame instead of a steel frame.

The use of a concrete core with a steel exterior is also a method that hasn't been used for that long in high rise construction. It's still a new technique that did have a very quick development. The earthquake are probably the main reason why it's not used as often in Japan. More because the earthquake resistance innovations were developed for steel framed buildings. It's more easy to use an existing technology that works then to develop new technologies especially for a building with a concrete core.

Usually a new technology is only developed to make something much more complex or bigger possible. As is seen with the Tokyo Sky Tree, that was the 1st tower to have a concrete core inside the steel body of the tower. The concrete core was connected to the steel tower by oil dampers. The different characteristics (natural frequencies) of both materials and the oil dampers actively neutralize the vibrations caused by earthquakes and typhoons. This method is now also used for a skyscraper project in Osaka, the 190m high Osaka Hibikino Machi - The Sanctus Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1502028). It's very likely that more towers will have a concrete core now it's actually used to make buildings even safer.

Although it probably will look different during construction then on overseas skyscrapers. Japan does like to do things their own way, that's also one of the reason why things are different in Japan.

update

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

http://i.imgur.com/Ba3oB.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/lq0zq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XF1ag.jpg

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

With that rythm it will be surely T/O next year , may be in summer :)

Nothing is definite. You can't know when exactly. The contractors themeselves don't know when it will top out. This is the real estate world.
So, just relax.

Note that the last pic is showing Toranomon 4-chome plan (pastoral redevelopement), turned into a monthly (つきぎめ) parking lot (the orange lots, from what I see).

10/08

http://i.imgur.com/bE6iB.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Have they fixed Tokyo tower yet? The spire still looks bent to me in that last photo.

It does look a bit bent, but I guess that's just the picture. They are currently removing the last bit's of scaffolding around the new top, the job is almost completed.

Have they fixed Tokyo tower yet? The spire still looks bent to me in that last photo.

It´s the remaining scaffolding what makes the impression that the tip is bent. By the way, are there any topic in the forum about this? :)

I wonder about how tall it is now...I Guess around 190m.

update

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

http://i.imgur.com/8SHak.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/g18X5.jpg

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

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

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

Little update :

http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/bluestylecom/imgs/7/1/7178e82f.jpg

http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/
It's the building on the right of Tokyo Tower , ths view from Edogawa proves that the impact of this one in the skyline would be very important !

^ Indeed

10/27

http://i.imgur.com/N06wf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8fFk5.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/6Rejt.jpg

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

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

And from Toyosu.

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

more

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

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

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

They have reached the 42nd floor , can't wait to see the 10 other stories built :)

From Shinjuku.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8134523976_9157bca482_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrati0nal/8134523976/)
Tokyo Tower from Metropolitan Government (http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrati0nal/8134523976/) by irrati0nal (http://www.flickr.com/people/irrati0nal/), on Flickr

Nice! I wish there were a few more 200+ m projects though.

11/7

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_0640.jpg

Waw ! From this angle it looks so massive !

11/10

http://i.imgur.com/dsM6q.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/x9VVo.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/MK1fJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9T7yc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hqp8T.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/


http://i.imgur.com/7jUXZ.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

I wonder how the base will turn out.

11/13

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee382/SkyTreeHarukas/IMG_4128.jpg

Ad company ADK relocating HQ to Loop Road 2 Project
11.12.2012

Major advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK) will relocate its headquarters to the tentatively-named Loop Road 2 Block III Project in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo in the summer of 2014. About 2,000 employees will work at the new headquarters. The Loop Road 2 Block III Project is a large development calling for the construction of a mixed-use skyscraper. The project is being undertaken by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Mori Building.

http://realestate.nikkeibp.co.jp/

Interesting news :)

11/18

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

http://i.imgur.com/7Yw04.jpg

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

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/8clal.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

A masterpiece. I love this building.

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

Waw ! So Tall !

Looking at this in its current form, I just can't imagen it looking anything like the render. Its to thin for a start! Regardless, I still think this is going to be one of the best towers in Tokyo and the progress has been amazing!

Looking at this in its current form, I just can't imagen it looking anything like the render. Its to thin for a start! Regardless, I still think this is going to be one of the best towers in Tokyo and the progress has been amazing!

I love it...now all it needs is a name!

3 pictures taken in October from a Mori Building financial report.
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2012/11/20121115140000002533.html

http://i.imgur.com/jyQV9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2hg5M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WzpZ5.jpg

^^
I take it back, about the tower not looking like the render. In the last pic, the tower is starting to look more like it. It looks like an absolute beast!

What are they building in the ground level ?

What a beast. Best skyscraper in the world. I love it I love I love it.

Really sexy design,even better than render !!! This building looks good from any angle.:cheers:

Momo, how did you find the PDF of the news release?
I can't find it on the website....

What? It looks exactly like the render so far. They haven't even got to the top part yet.

To me,This cladding looks more glassier and shiny than render. And I like it .

Momo, how did you find the PDF of the news release?
I can't find it on the website....
It's the latest press release.

http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/#-/-/1

11月22日 森ビル株式会社 2013年3月期中間決算のお知らせ

update

The last floors of residential part have been completed, and the 1st couple of floors for the hotel are now going up.

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

http://i.imgur.com/YK8Qw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/181CR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ik39P.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/nk07m.jpg

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

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

They have reached the 46 th floor , 4 floors added in November , in 25 days , what a rythm !

Maybe it's around 220 meters now.

They have reached the 46 th floor , 4 floors added in November , in 25 days , what a rythm !

Hopefully topped out in two months then, well as far as the floors go that is, not architecturally.