Nishi-Shinjuku 6-chome West 6th Zone Redevelopment Residential (西新宿六丁目西第６地区　住宅棟)
http://www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp/cpproject/field/nisisinjuk/saikaihatsu39.html
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-160shinzyuku.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/05/2009-0cfa.html

function: residential
height: 167.43m
stories: 45
status: u/c
completion date: 01/2010
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=40335306&postcount=239
Update, this one is T/O.

(7/31)
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ltfq1k.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7664/img1539947013101.jpg
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To me, almost every building in Tokyo seems futuristic, great posts!

That's hella massive

Thanks for the update, Momo!

Narihirabashi Oshiage Area Development Plan Tower (業平橋押上地区開発計画（新タワー計画）) Part of the Tokyo Sky Tree Complex.

And because the main tower should also be here.

Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー)

function: Digital TV broadcasting tower
height: 610.58m
status: u/c
completion date: 12/2012

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1378/imgabouttowerill.jpg

current situation (7/25):
512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

I don't get this rendering image. I thought the base is equilibrium triangle shape. How come the top two observers boxes have circle shape? Could that be rendering image mistake or by design?:ohno:

I don't get this rendering image. I thought the base is equilibrium triangle shape. How come the top two observers boxes have circle shape? Could that be rendering image mistake or by design?:ohno:

Good question GreenMonk. To my understanding the base of the structure is an equilateral triangle in shape however as the elevation increases the outer frame of the tower changes becoming more cylindrical in nature until 320m elevation where the tower is a perfect circle. This appears to be a design consideration like you have suggested, although I have read somewhere that structurally this helps the tower withstand strong winds.

This diagram may help
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/english/images/img_about_tower.jpg

Awajicho 2-chome West Area North Section (淡路町二丁目西部地区 北街区)
http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/INET/OSHIRASE/2008/06/20i6d100.htm
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-165awaji.htm

function: office
height: 165m
stories: 41
construction start: 10/2009
completion date: 10/2012

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3193/20i6d10004.jpg

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.697488,139.767382&ie=UTF8&ll=35.697491,139.768463&spn=0.005768,0.005171&z=17&iwloc=addr

helicopter:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4754/tokyokanda08110.jpg
Update:

The official construction plan has been made public, they fine-tuned the design and the construction start has been pushed back 5 months.

height: 164.80m
stories: 41
construction start: 03/2010
completion date: 02/2013

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9176/img1539957353740.jpg

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii/5735374.html
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/08/post-34fd.html

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3396/6ed8df17lx4.jpg

Shinjuku is awsome... Must go to tokyo fast.

There appear to be a number of redevelopment projects in Tokyo, has this been the case for a number of years or is the construction industry experiencing increased demand as of more recently? - which seems strange considering the current economic climate.

The density of the city of Tokyo is awesome

this building is huge...
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ltfq1k.jpg

The 164.32m high Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower

http://i35.tinypic.com/ziojlz.jpg

You can have a very nice view if you live high up.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2rc7vav.jpg
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There is also a new plan for a 180m high tower on one of the islands in Koto close to Shinonome Station on the Rinkai Line. I haven't seen any pictures of the design, but most likely it will a standard Japanese residential tower.

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-180shinonome.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/09/post-5d58.html

東雲キャナルコート地区（複合用地２街区）計画

Shinonome Canal Court Building 23

http://i35.tinypic.com/2mewjfc.jpg

function: residential
height: 180m
stories: 52
status: approved
start date: 03/2010
completion date: 03/2013

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.649511,139.804555&sll=35.649511,139.805413&sspn=0.006085,0.004796&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=&ll=35.649511,139.804555&spn=0.006408,0.009645&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A

Helicopter:

http://i36.tinypic.com/2e1fa0g.jpg

Kachidoki Redevelopment projects.

Kachidoki Station Front Redevelopment Project (東京都市計画勝どき駅前地区第一種市街地再開発事業)
http://www.ur-net.go.jp/kachidoki/gaiyou.html
http://www.blue-style.com/photo/all/view-1616.html

height: 193 meter
stories: 55
completion date: 08/2010

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5135/perth01.jpg

progress 7/22

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1904/kachidoki090719.jpg
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http://i37.tinypic.com/34ik511.jpg
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Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project 勝どき一丁目地区プロジェクト新築工事
http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/INET/OSHIRASE/2006/07/20g7b100.htm
http://www.blue-style.com/search-view.php?bldg_code=1617

height: 159.85 meter
stories: 45
completion date: 01/2011

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6976/growthtown1.jpg

7/23
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2231/kachidoki2.jpg
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http://i34.tinypic.com/15pl7v5.jpg
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Nishi-Shinjuku 6-chome West 6th Zone Redevelopment Residential official name.

Central Park Tower La Tour Shinjuku
http://www.latour-shinjuku.jp/

function: residential
height: 167.43m
stories: 45
status: u/c
completion date: 01/2010

http://i34.tinypic.com/2w2ga5s.jpg
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http://i35.tinypic.com/1zf6b0i.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/xbcy2d.jpg
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Great work .. really informative .. and thanks a lot for sharing .

Good news, after the JP Tower now there's a second 200m+ skyscraper under construction in Tokyo.
Toranomon-Roppongi Area Redevelopment Project (虎ノ門・六本木地区再開発)
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2009/02/20090216110000000970.html
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-200toranomon.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/04/post-dfbd.html

Height: 206.69 meter
stories: 48
current status: demolishing
start construcion: 10/2009
completion date: 06/2012

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3048/1215775023photo.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3614/moriroppongi.jpg

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.663352,139.7425&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=35.663355,139.7425&spn=0.006363,0.009645&t=h&z=17

location helicopter view

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4302/tokyotoranomon09041.jpg

on the ground

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2189/tokyotoranomon09045.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1129/tokyotoranomon09042.jpg
Official news of the construction start.
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/release/2009/10/20091007133000001739.html

They say it started yesterday (10/7) but I doubt they did any actual work with the typhoon that came over Tokyo. I will make a new thread in the Skyscrapers sections soon, it's not the best looking tower but it's the highest U/C in Tokyo not counting the Sky Tree of course.

2 updates of 10/11 in Marunouchi

Marunouchi 1-4 Plan 丸の内１－４計画

http://www.mec.co.jp/j/news/pdf/mec081218.pdf　
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-155maru.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/05/post-f1f6.html

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6135/img376marunouti1.jpg

function: office
Height: 155m
stories: 27
start construcion: 06/2009
completion date: 09/2011

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.684374,139.764842&ie=UTF8&ll=35.684377,139.764858&spn=0.0061,0.009645&t=h&z=17
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6171/151971f14f.jpg
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And right across the street, the demolition is still going on for..
Otemachi 1-6 Plan (大手町１－６計画)
http://www.tatemono.com/news/2007/ttknews070524.pdf　
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-199otemachi.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/05/post-f1f6.html

Height: 199.70m
stories: 38
start construcion: 11/2009
completion date: 04/2014

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/52/otemachi16plan.jpg

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.685536,139.765207&sll=35.685536,139.765207&sspn=0.006065,0.008862&ie=UTF8&ll=35.685536,139.763163&spn=0.006361,0.009645&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7499/151971edb3.jpg
blue-style.com

This one will go U/C later this year, even with the economic crisis all these +/- 200m towers keep springing out of the ground in Tokyo.

It looks like the buildings in Berlin.

Let's move out of Tokyo and into the metropolitan area, lets start with Yokohama.

Yokohama Mitsui Building (横浜三井ビルディング)

http://www.mitsuifudosan.co.jp/corporate/news/2009/1016_01/index.html
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/10/post-0116.html
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/yokohama/yoko-138mitsui.htm

http://i37.tinypic.com/jb7fya.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/27xeyp5.jpg

function: office & museum
Height: 153m
stories: 30
developer: Mitsui Fudosan
design: Nikken Sekkei
start construcion: 10/2009
completion date: 12/2012

With a 10 month delay the 4th tallest building in Yokohama finally goes U/C in the Minato Mirai 21 area. It will house, shops, offices and a Model Railroad Museum and will be completed at the end of 2012.

http://i33.tinypic.com/2egdv21.jpg

Location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=35.463126,139.624799&ie=UTF8&om=1&hq=&hnear=Tokai-do&ll=35.463126,139.624804&spn=0.006423,0.009645&t=h&z=17

http://i35.tinypic.com/257eqhk.jpg

helicopter view:

http://i36.tinypic.com/2eg8i0l.jpg

Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 map:

http://i34.tinypic.com/i39qbq.jpg

* Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 Central District Block 43

CSK Group Headquarters Building (ＣＳＫグループ本社ビル)

http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/toshi/mm21/press/43kettei.html
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/yokohama/yoko-155csk.htm

http://i34.tinypic.com/2m333ly.jpg

function: office
Height: 160m
stories: 33
developer: CSK
status: on hold
start construcion: ? (original plan: 07/2009)
completion date: ? (original plan: 12/2011)

This development is currently on hold awaiting better times, but it's also rumored that after a new review of the project the height might be increased.

* Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 Central District Block 46

Yokohama Nomura Building (横浜野村ビル)

http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/toshi/mm21/press/46kettei.html
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/yokohama/yoko-150nomura.htm

http://i38.tinypic.com/3502g7q.jpg

function: office
Height: 150m
stories: 29
developer: Nomura
status: on hold
start construcion: ? (original plan: 03/2009)
completion date: ? (original plan: 08/2011)

The construction was supposed to start in March 2009 but economic crisis is probably the reason why it has been delayed without a new set start date.

Location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=35.459438,139.627347&ie=UTF8&om=1&hq=&hnear=&ll=35.459438,139.627347&spn=0.006423,0.009645&t=h&z=17

Yokohama Kitanaka-dori North Area Project (横浜北仲通北地区再開発計画)

http://www.mori.co.jp/en/projects/yokohama/
http://www.mori.co.jp/projects/yokohama/
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/yokohama/yoko-200kitanaka.htm

http://i38.tinypic.com/n5ndah.jpg

developer: Mori
status: on hold
start construcion: ? (original plan: 12/2008)
completion date: 2012? (original plan: 05/2011)

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=35.451533,139.635013&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=35.451529,139.635018&spn=0.005655,0.011169&om=1&iwloc=addr

http://i36.tinypic.com/15s3c4n.jpg

A4 sector tower

http://i38.tinypic.com/9jj4zm.jpg

function: office, residential, & hotel
Height: 220m
stories: 50

A2 sector tower

function: residential
Height: 170m
stories: 42

This project started with the demolition of the site, but when the construction should have started it was put on hold by Mori. On their website they say the A3 (lowrise) and A4 sectors will go on construction first and will be finished in 2012, it remains to be seen when they will actually start the construction.

It seems that the economic crisis has a bigger effect on Yokohama then on Tokyo when it comes to construction projects.

Moto-Akasaka K-Project (元赤坂Ｋプロジェクト)
http://www.kajima.co.jp/news/press/200901/29a1-j.htm
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-160motoakasaka.htm
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2008/12/post-c5b2.html

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5094/29a1.jpg

function: office
height: 158m
stories: 30
status: u/c
construction start: 01/2009
completion date: 11/2011
This tower is growing.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2dhvf5e.jpg
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Kachidoki Station Front Redevelopment Project (192m)

http://i33.tinypic.com/3515q3q.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

I almost forgot that their is also a +/- 200m project in Shinjuku because they are still digging the basement floors without going upwards. But it will be interesting to follow together with the JP Tower and it's neighbour the Otemachi 1-6 Plan and the Toranomon-Roppongi project the coming years.

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment 198.20m

&

Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower 166.50m
http://i37.tinypic.com/166krr8.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

And another 189 meter U/C residential tower that is easily forgotten.

Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome Second Area Redevelopment Project 189.20m

http://i35.tinypic.com/2jdifc2.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii/MYBLOG/yblog.html

They might not stick out too much in the Skyline, but they will make it more dense (and there's always the Sky Tree for bit of extra height in the skyline). And with the economy going back on track right we might see more and more of these 200m high towers going up in the near future.

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Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (160m) 11/01

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1523/1089bb0563.jpg
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Kachidoki Station Front Redevelopment Project (193m) 11/01

http://i34.tinypic.com/2qlbt35.jpg
blue-style.com/

very nice!

Bay City Harumi Sky Link Tower 169m

New status: Completed.

http://i35.tinypic.com/okbpfo.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/27xo39w.jpg
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Looks like Yokohama will have a really large skyline in a few years.

However, I can't help but wonder where all this demand in Japan comes from. I mean everyone can understand the boom in the Chinese cities, but Japan is a developed country with lots of A-grade office space, a stagnating economy and a rapidly decreasing population.

^^ You describe Japan, Tokyo has been less affected by the declining population and stagnating economy.

The last few years Tokyo's demand for Office space has been pretty good with a steady decline in vacancy rates and increasing prices since a dip in 2003. The vacancy rates have been below 3% for a couple of years until the 1st Quarter of 2008, there was a clear demand for new office space. But even before the crisis the vacancy rates started to increase, up to 7,5% in July 2009. It has has been pretty stable since then, it's one of the signs that the worst of the crisis is already over for Japan.

Most of the projects that have started construction recently or about to start soon are developments that started before 2008. We will probably see a drop in new office developments in the next few years until the market really picks up and all the current projects are completed. Japan is still undergoing a change from a industrial economy to a service economy, this will keep a demand for new office space. Plus the regional developments, with the still growing economies of Korea and China will also have a positive effect on the Japanese economy with increasing trade relations, especially now the tensions between the countries slowly start to ease.

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/fr/tnks/Nni20091008D08SS859.htm
http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Jobs/48916_Tokyo_Office_Vacancies_Rise_To_7.62%25_In_Sept/
http://www.nomura-re.co.jp/english/report/pdf/topics_16july09_e.pdf
http://www.cushwake.com/cwmbs3q08/pdf/tokyo_off_3q08.pdf

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment 198.20m

Some major progress here, but first this new render.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6326/img56973194601552.jpg


the progress, a huge steel frame, for the big ground floor of the building.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5050/tokyoshinjuku09111.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4373/tokyoshinjuku09112.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7356/img56973194601550.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/898/img56973194601551.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment 198.20m

Some major progress here, but first this new render.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6326/img56973194601552.jpg


the progress, a huge steel frame, for the big ground floor of the building.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5050/tokyoshinjuku09111.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4373/tokyoshinjuku09112.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7356/img56973194601550.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/898/img56973194601551.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

very good Work,Momo!!
Ohayo Gojaimatsude~!!
Hello,Momo1435.. I know Japanese Main Dialogue..

Kachidoki Station Front Redevelopment Project (193m) & Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (160m)

http://i45.tinypic.com/2dalzpy.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/2w553zo.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/5n4vvq.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/abmtud.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/29nywax.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

Futako-Tamagawa Rise Tower and Residence Tower East (151.1m)

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6296/resizei.jpg

function: residential
height: 151.1m
stories: 42
status: u/c
completion date: 05/2010

helicopter:

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/826/tokyofutagotamagawa0905.jpg

The other 2 towers in the project are Tower West & Tower Central.

function: residential
height: 102m
stories: 28
status: u/c
completion date:
Tower West: 03/2010
Tower Central: 05/2010
T/O

http://i45.tinypic.com/2aahrsw.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/1pb1g5.jpg
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^^That's good to hear. Too bad the design is kind of meh. Any idea on what the projects between these towers and the station are going to be like? I remember seeing some renders posted around the construction site.

It's indeed a standard Japanese Tower Block design, not really exiting.

The site between the towers and the station will be the 2nd stage of the project, and that's basically all the info there is about it on the web. I could only find one picture from 2007, it looks more promising but it might be outdated.

http://i50.tinypic.com/m7n6e.jpg
risecity.blog93.fc2.com/blog-entry-77.html

Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome Second Area Redevelopment Project (189m) has got a new name.

OWL TOWER (アウルタワー)

A good view on it's location.

http://i46.tinypic.com/otkihf.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/mimc5c.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

That name is better ;)

Most Japanese projects start of with the name of the redeveloped block/area and only have a real name later on when the building is already U/C or even completed.


Otemachi 1-6 Plan (199,7m) & Marunouchi 1-4 Plan (150m) (info p.12 & 13)

http://i46.tinypic.com/2wgexd0.jpg

Otemachi 1-6 plan is now officially under construction since 11/30.

They released a more realistic picture of the design, the previous (on p.12) was a bit stretched.

http://i46.tinypic.com/ivv6gp.jpg

It will have 6 underground stories, unless it will have top down construction it will take some time to see this one actually rise. Espicially with the scheduled completion date is 2014, we got to have patience with this tower.

http://i50.tinypic.com/apfjhi.jpg

But when it's finished the Aman resorts group will open up the "AMAN TOKYO" luxury hotel on the top floors.
http://www.nejinews.co.jp/news/business/archive/eid2775.html

Marunouchi 1-4 Plan, many cranes working on the foundation. This one will go much faster as it should be completed in September 2011

http://i46.tinypic.com/rms4ms.jpg
pictures: building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

With these towers and the JP Tower the skyline around Tokyo Station will become even more dense than it's already is.

Looks like this building will be replaced by a little park:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ro3y4y.jpg

Awajicho 2-chome West Area North Section (164.80m) (info p.12 post 240)

The official construction plan has been made public, they fine-tuned the design and the construction start has been pushed back 5 months.

height: 164.80m
stories: 41
construction start: 03/2010
completion date: 02/2013

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9176/img1539957353740.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii/5735374.html
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2009/08/post-34fd.html
First activity on the site.

http://i45.tinypic.com/213g4dc.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/dfit54.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

Ohashi Area Second Urban Redevelopment Project Building 1-1 (156m) (info p.13 post 244)

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5554/007la.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/8yfaeb.jpg
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Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (198.20m) info post #234 page 12

This one goes fast

http://i47.tinypic.com/23mlq2p.jpg

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Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome project seems to go up at a nice pace.

http://i47.tinypic.com/t7e7gk.jpg

An right next to it we should soon see the Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.50m) coming up, the cranes are already pretty high.

http://i46.tinypic.com/33lh286.jpg
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Hachioji Sazan Sky Tower Residence サザンスカイタワーレジデンス

http://www.hachinan-redev.com/
http://www.s-sstr.com/

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5329/3924top4tvuz.jpg

function: residential
height: 157,5
stories: 41
status: u/c
completion date: 11/2010

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=35.65435,139.337711&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=35.65435,139.337711&spn=0.006904,0.016512&t=h&z=17&brcurrent=3,0x60191dda3b7049eb:0xc3f0aed5979f223,0

Current situation:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6047/12e3611e58.jpg
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Hachioji isn't an area of Tokyo I expected to have buildings over 40 levels high. Is this going to be the tallest building in Tokyo west of Tachikawa?

^^ Yes, it will be the highest building in Tokyo outside the 23 special wards, the second tallest is a 118m high residential in Chofu.

Kachidoki View Tower (192,20m) & Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (160m)

The Kachidoki View Tower (Kachidoki Station Front Redevelopment Project) looks topped out and the 1-chome area tower goes up quickly.

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Awajicho 2-chome West Area North Section (164.80m) (info p.12 post 240)

The area is being cleared

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OWL TOWER (アウルタワー) (189,20m) (info post #235)

The tower on the left is 150m high, about 40 more meters to go for the Owl Tower.

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One more for:

Awajicho 2-chome West Area North Section (164.80m) (post 240)

Demolition will take until June.

http://i46.tinypic.com/33u4m7s.jpg


Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.50m) (info post #234)

After it's 198.20m high neighbour started to grow (as you can see in the back) recently this one is going up right now.

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http://i47.tinypic.com/29e0vub.jpg
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What are the 5 tallest buildings u/c right now in Tokyo?

Looks like this building will be replaced by a little park:

I don't know much about that park, but that clean-looking midrise building is sure gonna be missed. I don't know much about that building, either.

What are the 5 tallest buildings u/c right now in Tokyo?
Not counting the Tokyo Sky Tree (634 m) these are the top


#01 - 206.69 m - Toranomon-Roppongi Area Redevelopment Project

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3048/1215775023photo.jpg


#02 - 200.00 m - JP Tower

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3637/49cfd132.jpg


#03 - 199.70 m - Otemachi 1-6 plan

http://i46.tinypic.com/ivv6gp.jpg


#04 - 189,20 m - Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6326/img56973194601552.jpg


#05 - 192.20m - Kachidoki View Tower

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5135/perth01.jpg


#06 - 189.20 m - OWL TOWER

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4804/d1021.jpg


#07 - 182.50 m - Shibuya Shin Bunka Gaiu Project

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4052/shibuyanewpj.jpg


#08 - 166.50 m - Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9440/yosouzu02.jpg


#09 - 165.00 m - Mita Beruju Building Kensetsu Keikaku

no picture

#10 - 160.00 m - Narihirabashi Oshiage Area Development Plan Tower (Part of the Tokyo Sky Tree complex)

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8921/10054376318.jpg

notes:

- I didn't include Central Park tower ~La Tour Shinjuku~ (167.43m) because it's almost completed.

- I haven't posted anything about the #9 U/C, the Mita Beruju Building (三田ベルジュビル建設計画), or how you romanize the ベルジュ since there aren't any renders, impressions or pictures of how this tower is going to look like.

Starting soon:

180.00 m - Shinonome Canal Court Building 23 (Februari)
177.00 m - Otemachi 1-chome Second Area Building B (April) <- I should make a post about this one)
164.80 m - Awajicho 2-chome West Area North Section (March)

Any news on 西新宿三丁目西地区再開発?

Momo thank you very much. :okay:

Any news on 西新宿三丁目西地区再開発?
Absolutely nothing, even less.

It's completely silent around this project, it could be the silence before the storm but with the current economic climate it's more likely that the developers are waiting for better times, and that's even a positive way to look at it.

Loop Line #2 Shimbashi/Toranomon Redevelopment Project Building III (247m) (info post 227)

New developments on Tokyo's highest proposed building at this moment.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3953/phindex01.jpg
http://www.mori.co.jp/projects/kanjo-2go/

The preparations to start the demolition of the old buildings on this site have started.

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8954/tokyotoranomon10011.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6434/tokyotoranomon10012.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1007/tokyotoranomon10013.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/969/tokyotoranomon10014.jpg
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If all goes to plan it will go u/c in November.

Roppongi 3-chome Redevelopment (150m) (info post 249)

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4270/o0360064010369572389.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2762/o0640036010369572390.jpg
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OWL TOWER (189m) (info post 235)

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http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/237/img569732115185970.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

Tokyo's secret is to plan the construction together with public transport. For many towns this seems to be a big secret.

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (198.20m) (info post #234)

small picture, but it clearly shows the progress.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6875/o0240032010396672600.jpg
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For people that are interested 2 picture galleries with pictures of the area before and during the demolition of the old neighbourhood that made way for this project.

http://636.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/album_23_/index.html
http://636.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/album_24_/index.html


Roppongi 3-chome Redevelopment (150m) (info post 249)

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Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (198.20m) (info post #234)

Better pics.

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first glass

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it's going fast

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Otemachi 1-chome Second Area Building B

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-177otemachi.htm
http://office.mec.co.jp/m241/UsrBldg?flg=0&bd=X10
http://www.mec.co.jp/j/news/pdf/mec090615.pdf

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height: 177 m
floors: 35
function: Office
start construction: 04/2010
completion date: 09/2012

Another boxy project for Otemachi/Marunouchi with 2 office towers, one 177m tall the other 154.

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.68788,139.765835&sll=35.687659,139.765481&sspn=0.011781,0.009592&g=35.68788,139.765835&brcurrent=3,0x60188c0620506c41:0xe0417ce6b59963ff,0&ie=UTF8&ll=35.687659,139.765481&spn=0.005891,0.00479

The lower tower:

Otemachi 1-chome Second Area Building A

height: 154 m
floors: 31
function: Office
start construction: 04/2010
completion date: 09/2012

Current situation (Nov 2009)

http://i48.tinypic.com/huqd5e.jpg


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And another project.


Shin Iino Building Plan (新飯野ビル計画)

http://www.iino.co.jp/kaiun/estate/iino.html
www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/tokyo-kensetu/tokyo-147iino.htm

http://i49.tinypic.com/24q2uc2.jpg

height: 147 m
floors: 27
function: Office
start construction: 03/2009
completion date: 06/2011

Here also another new office tower in Toranomon, the area is booming with many towers going up, this will be a not that spectacular but nice addition.

location:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.670907,139.752826&ie=UTF8&ll=35.670903,139.753904&spn=0.00577,0.005171&z=17&iwloc=addr

Nov 2009

http://i48.tinypic.com/2zxuvc7.jpg

Feb 2010

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OWL TOWER (189m) (info post 235)

http://i50.tinypic.com/1627ixg.jpg
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Shin Iino Building (147m) (info post 310)

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Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.50m) (info post #234)

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Kachidoki View Tower (192.20m) (info post 230)

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Developing Kachidoki.

2004

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5369/img408102408017860.jpg

2008

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2430/img408102408017861.jpg

2010

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8050/img408102408017862.jpg
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thanks.Tokyo is the Biggest lovely city in East-Asia.

Kachidoki View Tower (192.20m) (info post 230) & Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (160m) (info post 230)

http://i46.tinypic.com/svtpgo.jpg
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Park Tower Ueno Ikenohata (106.6 m)

http://www.31sumai.com/mfr/X9935

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height: 106.6 m
floors: 30
function: Residential
start construction: 08/2007
completion date: 09/2010

location: Ueno

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Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.50m) (info post #234) in the front & Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (198.20m) (info post #234) in the back.

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OWL TOWER アウルタワー (189,20) update:

http://i42.tinypic.com/rct1nd.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/1z3zbqr.jpg
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Kachidoki View Tower 勝どきビュータワー (192m) update:

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Info on all the Tokyo projects on the Japanese Forum:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1081641

Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (160m)

http://i42.tinypic.com/288mql4.jpg

very thanks momo!!

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (198.20m) (info post #234)

Progress with a capital P.

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KS Plan New Building KS計画新築工事 (KS Keikaku Shinchiku Kooji) (145,5 m)

Better known as the Kabuki-za Theatre rebuilding plan.

http://www.kabuki-za.co.jp/rebuild/index.html

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details:
height: 145,5 m
floors: 29
function: Theatre & Office
start construction: 10/2010
completion date: 02/2013

http://i43.tinypic.com/259iwdv.jpg

Kabuki mecca's days numbered

By REIJI YOSHIDA (Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008)

The Kabuki-za Theatre, a Tokyo landmark and the mecca of the traditional performance art, will soon vanish to be replaced by a new office-theater complex despite pleas from architects to preserve the building.

Curtains for landmark: The Kabuki-za Theatre in Tokyo's Ginza district, considered the mecca of kabuki, will be demolished after April 2010. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO

Shochiku Co. announced this week it will end kabuki performances at the current building in Ginza in April 2010.

"Sayonara shows" will be held from next January to April 2010, after which kabuki will continue at the Enbujo theater in Shinbashi during the construction period, which has not yet been decided.

Other details of the reconstruction project will be announced in January, the company said.

Kabuki-za Theatre boasts a history of nearly 120 years, as the original wooden structure was built on the same site in 1889. Since then, the theater has been the center of the kabuki world.

The current structure was last rebuilt in 1950, based on the design of the previous building erected in 1924.

The theater has precious historic value because the 1924 design dates from a time when Japanese architects were trying to establish a new traditional-style architecture based on noncombustible building materials, according to the Architectural Institute of Japan.

The institute, which has 35,000 members, submitted a petition in 2005 calling for the theater's preservation.

"(The Japanese design) has succeeded in widely handing down the tradition and culture of kabuki . . . to citizens (of later generations) in the ever-modernizing urban scenery of Ginza," the institute said in the petition.

The government has also designated the building as a "Registered Tangible Cultural Property" of the nation, although such classification does not prohibit dismantling or remodeling.

Shochiku decided to rebuild the theater because the structure is aging, said Ippei Noma, who is in charge of the project.

Noma said no details of the new building have been decided yet, but he indicated the company will try to maintain the atmosphere of the current structure in the new theater.

"The atmosphere of the current design has been supported by many people. We'd like to give consideration to their opinion," he said.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081023f1.html

Asakusa Culture and Tourist Information Center / 浅草文化観光センター

http://i42.tinypic.com/10zskdw.jpg

Speaking of Kengo Kuma, and of 2010, I am immensely looking forward to the completion of his Asakusa Culture and Tourist Information Center this year. Taito Ward held a competition in 2008 and received over 300 proposals to design a tourist hotspot that would eventually complement the Tokyo Sky Tree, set for completion in 2011. In the end, Kengu Kuma beat out Inui Kumiko with his design of stacking 7 units on top of each other.

The structure is an example of “losing,” one of Kuma’s primary architectural principles which he articulates and disseminates in his 2004 book, Losing Architecture (負ける建築). In his book Kuma emphasizes the need for site-specific work that takes into consideration, and heads to, the surrounding environment. It’s the antithesis of a considerable number of structures, both in Tokyo and New York, that “wins” out over the surrounding environment because of a complete disregard for it.

The 7th floor will be a café, the 4th – 6th floors will be multipurpose gallery/activity spaces, the 3rd floor will be devoted to admin and the 1st and 2nd floor with be tourist information center/lounge.
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2010/01/03/asakusa-culture-and-tourist-information-center-by-kengo-kuma/

Height: 41,25m
stories: 8
start: April 2010
complete: September 2011

構造　地上８階
高さ　41.25m
着工予定　2010年4月
完成予定　2011年9月

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4433291185_c36845760c_o.jpg
Flickr by kiyurino-jp

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198,20 m - Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment / 西新宿八丁目成子地区 info (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=52995151#post52995151)

steady growth

http://i43.tinypic.com/e9awjs.jpg

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OWL TOWER （アウルタワー） - 189.20 m Update

http://i40.tinypic.com/2nvtq8o.jpg
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Kachidoki View Tower 勝どきビュータワー - 192.20m (middle) almost finished.
&
Kachidoki 1-chome Area Project (勝どき一丁目地区プロジェクト新築工事) (159.85m) (left) Update.

http://i41.tinypic.com/14dk8ch.jpg
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And many more projects here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1081641

Construction on a building that is placed on the site of the former Sofitel Hotel may have been completed.

http://i46.tinypic.com/e6aagg.jpg

This was the last update:
http://i45.tinypic.com/etgvom.jpg

A couple of my Tokyo videos shot from the elevated highways:

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mw5ZDadGBxQ

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I was wondering why and how do the skyscrapers of Tokyo and Japan have really large floor areas, especially compared to those in other countries like in Europe?

I was wondering why and how do the skyscrapers of Tokyo and Japan have really large floor areas, especially compared to those in other countries like in Europe?

Real estate in Japan, especially central Tokyo, is astronomically expensive. In order to maximize available space, skyscrapers in Japan are usually giant rectangular boxes. Think about it: if you own a building in an expensive place like Japan you want to maximize profits i.e. offer the greatest amount of floor space possible. Box shaped buildings are the best solution.

Real estate in Japan, especially central Tokyo, is astronomically expensive. In order to maximize available space, skyscrapers in Japan are usually giant rectangular boxes. Think about it: if you own a building in an expensive place like Japan you want to maximize profits i.e. offer the greatest amount of floor space possible. Box shaped buildings are the best solution.

Why is Tokyo land so expensive compared to new York?

Why is Tokyo land so expensive compared to new York?
Tokyo has more people in less space than New York

Why is Tokyo land so expensive compared to new York?

Greater Tokyo density: 2,516/km2 (6,516/sq mi)
Metro NYC density: 720.1/km2 (1,865/sq mi)

At the height of the bubble crisis 20 years ago, it was said that the land the Imperial Palace sits on was worth more than the entire state of California.

I always heard it as being worth the country of Canada but maybe that was the same thing at the time.

That Asakusa tourist building looks very interesting. Although I am really fond of the faded glory/past it's prime vibe of the area, it is probably time for a little bit of development there.
I'm not hte biggest fan of the Kabuki-za building. The current building is great. Attending performances there was great.

I love this city, the pictures are very nice...

Real estate in Japan, especially central Tokyo, is astronomically expensive. In order to maximize available space, skyscrapers in Japan are usually giant rectangular boxes. Think about it: if you own a building in an expensive place like Japan you want to maximize profits i.e. offer the greatest amount of floor space possible. Box shaped buildings are the best solution.

Could another consideration be a bulkier building can better withstand earthquakes due to its shape?

Kengo Kuma & Associates completed new hotel in Japan

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=19671

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/19671_1_1335774952_8218image1.jpg

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