Dentsu Headquarters Building
Tokyo, Japan

HEIGHT: 213m/699 feet
FLOORS: 48 floors
COMPLETION: 2002
ARCHITECT: Obayashi Corporation

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/caretta.jpg

http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/tokyo/shiodome/shiosite/shiosite-21.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/dent01.jpeg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/dent02.jpeg

it's ok, 6.5/10

6/10

Massive! :eek: That second pic is quite impressive to see.
7.0/10

6.5/10 it's ok. nothing interesting though

7/10

If its about mass, then this is surely as good as it gets. But I hate how impersonal it looks with all those tiny looking windows. You'd feel like a digit inside this monster.

Not too bad :) 6.5 though

Very big! 7.5/10

6.5/10

It's OK
7/10

6.5/10

6/10 It had to be more slender.

8

8.5

Strange to see how my opinion is different from others all the time but.. ok. this building, I went up five days ago (!) is the best of Tokyo, believe me. The exterior changes beautifully to the current weather and the overall shape is so.. uncatchable.. I can write poems looking at this building.

of course, it's somewhat fat, but well.. I like it.. very much actually. In Tokyo it is called Dentsu HQ, btw.

the coolest are the elevators, I made a video when going up and I still have that strange feeling in my body looking at that video tape. the elevators are located (2nd pic..) the more glass facade in the middle.. something like 8 elevators next to each other I guess.

Good building. Love Shiodome!

7.5/10
I like it, but it isn't anything too special.
:)

great building...and it's shape is really interesting...8

I don't like walls -- 5

Boring and Aesthetic, 5.5/10.

Looks like a big chunk of ice. 7/10

5.0

robotic!~7/10

Awesome truly Japanese serious and luxurious futurism is what this building is displaying. I love it.

9/10

i liek this one here 8

massive...7/10

wow, looks like this one needs to go on a diet. but i like how wide it is, its very striking. i like the color (or lack thereof). 7.5/10

8/10


nice tower

it's massive 8/10

8.5/10

Originally posted by Chad

Caretta Shiodome

Height : 213 m 700 ft
Floors (OG) : 48
completed : 2002
designed by : Obayashi Corporation

http://www.imagenode.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/183748.jpg




designed by : Obayashi Corporation?????????????:? :?

NO, its was designed by Jean Nouvel

and actually this scraper is incredibly gigantic

9.5

Woah :eek:

5.5/10...WAY too wide, it doesn't look like a 700 foot building at all. The facade and colors are decent.

6.5/10 I don't like how wide it is.

I like this one: 7.5.

looks just ok at day....................6
looks beautiful at night.................8

jeezus, this building is absolutely superb! what terrible ratings it has got!

i suggest if any of you ever go to tokyo go and take a look at it with your own eyes as it is quality.

8.5/10.

10/10

Quite strange tower, but a bit boring. 6/10

8.0 Loved that night pic!

Wow J love it 10/10

7/10

quite impessive building, 8.5

Massive, vast, imposing, futuristic building with a smooth facade and an intriguing shape.

8.5

9/10

wow...very massive...i like more how it looks in the last pic anyway 7.5/10

too massive for my liking, and the fact that the windows are rather small makes the building more overbearing. at least the color's ok

6.5

the building is ok. the lighting is awesome!

7.5/10

10
One of my favorite building

5.5./10 - It has a nice, shiney-shiney facade, and what seems to be a huge atrium running all the way up provides a bit of contrast. The shape is also a bit more interesting, and I like the way the facade stretches around the curves - very sleek.

BUT...

ANOTHER flat roof, and nothing much else that stands out...

7.5/10.

Not bad, 6.5/10

As beautiful as Tokyo. I give it a 9.5/10. :applause:

nice, 8

9/10

8/10

Nice sharpen design and the facade seems good.

9/10

7.

Very impressive tower, overcoat at night
8.5/10

looks huge and elegant 9/10

Wow! Beautiful design. Futuristic and elegant :cool: 9/10

wow, great! 9.5/10

good design, glasses and colour 7,5/1

Massive wall, 7/10

7.5/10

Nice and massive. 9/10

10/10

nice but not that special...8/10

pictures Please

just OK
6/10

7/10

7/10

7/10 jumbo yet pretty and striking, but nothing too exciting.

8/10

9/10

I like it

7/10

8.5/10

10/10

7/10

9/10

I have personal relation with this building. Love the sharp edge most, Godzilla should be careful of that part :)

7/10

7,5/10

8.5/10

great form 9/10

my own pics
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1850/cimg23289af.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5906/cimg23327pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

7.5/10

This exemplifies almost everything I dislike about modern high-rise architecture.

3.5

8/10

9/10

9/10

8.5/10.

6/10

9.woah. massive!

7.5/10 nothing special

5/10

Why make the top look different from the rest of the building? It looks worse that way.

8/10

7/10

7/10

pretty massive! 8.5/10.

Nice, a 8 out of 10.

8/10

9/10

9/10

4/10

7/10.

7/10

design is not great but the cladding is smooth 6.5/10

Individual cladding elements are nice, so is the sharp corner, but as a whole the building is out of proportion and rather boring.
5/10.

8/10

massive...7/10

6.5 :)

8/10

9/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

9/10

7/10

9/10

9/10

9/10

10

8/10

7/10

6.0

7/10

Elegant, classy

9.5/10

7/10