Softiel Hotel
Tokyo, Japan

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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/pb0ce7768c68e5ca4c4bf3eec9fcdca52/fbe5871d.jpg

"A moderate deluxe hotel, the Sofitel Tokyo is one of the most distinctive and luxurious in Japan. The hotel has seven banquet rooms, capable of accommodating up to 200 people. The hotel also offers a tea lounge, a bar and three restaurants, serving Teppauyaki Grill Japanese and international cuisine. It is close to such sightseeing spots as Veno Park. "

This design is ugly. It is crazy to have trapiezums on top of each other. Also It looks as if it could over anytime

2/10

Wow i love it! :eek:


Just Kidding:) 3.0/10

3 and less/10...There must be high demand for that thing! (is it safe to call this thing a skyscraper?)

gosh...aweful <3/10

4/10 ugly.. but i give points for being weird

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Exactly!
Made in Japan

5/10

What the hell is this shit? 0/10

weird structure. Too tacky...5/10

4/10

You don't get too many of these!







Becuase they suck! :D 2.5/10

what an amazingly horrible piece of crab!!

0!

this even beats, in ugliness, the elephant thingy in bangok!!

unique
It doesn´t fit in every city.
Very asian!

6.5/10

wat an awesome building, it is very unique
6.5/10

6/10 I don't like but it's original...

10/10!
really weird and 100%japanese arquitecture! I also love that building because appeared in SimCity 3000!

ugly...very ugly, 2

It gets a few points for being so unique, but it doesn't look very attractive. The geometries are all off...

4/10

4/10


I really don't like it

9/10

I like it :D It looks Asian :D

http://www.travelhero.com/graphics/propimages/10/103810-01.jpg

Unique .. but not my type !! 5/10

It looks a joke :D 5,5

eeeyy, thats the Sim City 3000 World Edition residential tower, but this one is a lot uglyer, but very unique. 6/10

ugly!
tasteless...
but very interesting and original indeed..
5.0

What the crap. Lol weird design. 4/10

Weird building......

lol, that's just great, 10/10

6/10

5.5/10

6.5/10

It looks stunning in real life.

http://www.advences.com/share/hotels2/RT/1939/1939H00.jpg

3/10

that's so strange.. 6.5

4/10

5/10

I hate it, It's unacceptable. 0.5/10

awfully striking! Weird, but defintely original, and I'm sure it wont be copied!

LOL gross.
I give it a 3.5 because it reminds me of something random the Russians would have come up with in the 1960s.
No offense.

I give 5/10 for its weirdness

3/10, wouldve gave it a zero but i figure 3 points for the poor folks who had to actually put their hard earned labor and build this piece of trash

I really like it, this is real ART!! 9.5 out of 10.

Too much concrete IMO but perhaps would look better if recladded with glass. 6/10.

:eek2: beyond words 3.5/10...

OMG! Have they computed the equilibrium?!? Anyway, 5/10 for uniqueness. :D

5/10

1/10

The experiment failed.

Funny 8/10

6/10

7/10

It's different. 6.5/10

6/10

3/10

4/10

5.

5/10

http://www.tokyoarchitecture.info/Images/Buildings/Ikenohata/HotelSofitel-002.jpg
http://images.google.com/url?q=http://epiderme.canalblog.com/20040425___005_Sur_la_route_du_zoo_du_Ueno.JPG&sig=__6OhSL983PeD95RzyByidqdvIEYI=
8/10

This is one strange tower. The Simcity version of it was one thing, but seeing this in a real city rather than on a computer game is....different. I'll give it kudos to the architect for being bold and coming up with a unique design though. Of course, a lot of buildings in Japan are uncomparable to those of most cities.

6/10

4/10

it looks like a taipei 101 up side down... but it's not the same... this one is ugly...
5/10

Very interesting. I wouldnt like to have many of them in a city. But alone its uniqueness adds to variation.

Its all white and doesnt directly "irritate" the eye.

To conclude, i think that the design works. Certainly not a "wow-factor", but its interesting. Il give it 6/10. Which means its OK to good.

The colour has destroyed it. A bit more detail and I would like it. 6/10 for originality.

...3 or less

5 from me :ohno:

i don't know waht to say. It's very ugly, but also very original. So 6/10

lol.... who is responsible for this?

for its sheer uniqueness

it give it a 4

4/10

strange but interesting enough to get 8/10

6/10

7/10

3,5/10

6 trapezoids stacked on top of each other. 6.5/10

NOTE: I have just received news that the Sofitel Hotel Tokyo is dying. Why is it being demolished before its time? It was only built in 1994. What will replace it?

Unique design 8.5/10

4/10

6/10

strange design. First i think it deserves 2/10 but after reflection it is a sofitel then perhaps is good to see it in for real.

i give 5/10 . Because the shape is interesting but bad realized!
Anyway interesting ..

5,5

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the forum so be kind.

The Sofitel Hotel near Ueno Park in Tokyo was taken down. From my understanding, Mitsui Fudosan (a large real estate corporation in Japan) purchased the land and is planning to build a condominium building on it. When you look at the empty lot, it's amazing how small the land the Sofitel Hotel was. Given that, I have to say that the design deserves a lot more credit than it appears. It's functional and funky. I kind of miss seeing it in the skyline, know what I mean?

For those that may want to see it in the future, keep your fingers crossed. My sources also mentioned that it was taken apart (yes, dismantled, not torn down; how many skyscrapers can that be done that) and may be used somewhere else in the future. But I still wonder how it was dismantled as it was there one day and gone the next. That is Japanese construction efficiency.

BTW for those that did not have a chance to enter. The first two floors and the basement, the base, were largest. The second floor had a French restaurant (which I heard moved somewhere nearby but I have yet to find) and the first, the front desk, waiting hall, and bar. The basement had a banquet hall or something like that. Going up to the rooms, the elevator was the trunk of the Christmas tree (if you look at the design, I hope you can understand). When you got out of the elevator, basically, there were two rooms on each floor, each of the rooms were the opposite trapezoids. I did not not have a chance to enter the rooms though. Now that it's gone, I wish I had.

Anyway. RIP Sofitel Hotel, Tokyo....for now. And 10/10 for it uniqueness, functionality, and efficiency of space.

W.

different - ugly = 6

8/10

9/10

5/10:)

2/10

7/10

that's a 7.

6/10

7/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

8/10

6/10

8.5/10

8/10 erm... it's like a christmas tree...

7/10

2/10 What it only deserves.

7/10

9/10

6/10

6/10

6.0

6/10

7/10

5/10

6/10

Though they may not be hotels we normally know, there are many unusual hotels in the world that stir our imagination and captivate our curiosities.

8/10

4/10