Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Tokyo, Japan

HEIGHT: 210m/690 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 1974
ARCHITECT: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3140/103sumitomo.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/574/23sumitomo.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3140/103sumitomo2.jpg

http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/tokyo/fukutoshin/ns/ns-6.jpg

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

8/10...Nice shape, simple facade, and good color. The top boxes ruin it though.

6.5/10

6.5/10

7.5/10

I like the simple, no-frills design. Makes it look powerful enough.
The colour can look a little monotonous at times though.

the color is the same everywhere...6/10

Wow,that's a big ass skyscraper! The design is alright,yeah it's a nice one :) 6.5/10

7.5/10

I dunt really like dull facades like this. 6.5/10 should be enough for it.

4.5/10 :)

Why are this building rating thread pinned ? :?

because they are brand new buildings in the ROT. that is tradition

i give it a 7. for some weird reason, i like it.

Bold, baby. Holmes is up in that mofo.

9/10

this building is in Shinjuku ?

i like all Shinjuku buildings..they look soo cool alltogether!

9/10

I call this 'Functional Bold' style.....

8/10

Hummm, just for its oblique walls is not boxy.

7/10

6.5... white and boring, sorry :(

8/10
This seems a very ordinary sckyscraper; it's plain and the colour is fairly dull. But at the same it's functional, and perfect I'm sure for the offices or whatever in side. It looks good with the sun shining on it.
:)

7/10

Tall but a little ordinary 6.5/10

I like it simple but nice...8

7.5/10


nice one

Boldly boring.

Good colour, nice building
7.5/10

7/10

7.5/10

looks massive in that second pic. 7

simple, but quite dull...6/10

Unfriendly by day, Lively by night. 7/10

7/10

The shape is this building's redeeming feature. It's otherwise dull. 4/10

boxy! ....mmm...... 5

5.5/10 - *YAWN* - It's certainly not hideous, and at least it isn't a box, but it IS dull, bland, and chunky - nothing at all stands out about it - simply monotonous, with no variety to spice it up...

Boring 5.5

nothing special

8/10

this building is far more complex than it seems. at the centre is a open triangular prismatic core which you can look down from the 52nd floor!

this is why there are the 3 boxes at the top, its for ventilation.

6/10 :)

8.0, this tower is nice.

Tall but very dull and uninspiring design. Just a nondescript office block.

6/10

6/10

the building's shape is pretty unique for an international style skyscraper. but it's rather dull. it definitely needs a more two-toned facade to make it more interesting.

6.5

10
Perfect Taishin(耐震)

quite nice but too fat

7.5/10

6.5/10

6.5/10.

7/10

only nice at night

Nice shape but the facade is crap, 6/10

Very industrial. Adds a little something extra to Tokyo. I give it an 8/10. :D

nice, 7

ugly facard and cladding to much bulk
sorry cant give any more than 5

6/10

Roof kills it. 6.5.

7/10

Awesome volume, but not very special design
7/10

7.5/10

7/10

Nah.. 6.5/10

7/10

A solid box. 7/10

nothing special 7/10

boring an nothing special 5,5/10

6,5/10

7/10

6/10 ;)

6.5/10....

7/10.

5/10

7.5/10.

i like the forth picture
the skyline of tokyo is simple but this simplicity is fantastic!
very modern
but this skyscraper isn't very pretty
looks like a beton box
6/10

6/10

7.5/10

7/10

7/10

nice shape at night it looks better 7/10

6/10

6/10

really great tower 8.5/10

6/10

points off for the messy top and mediocre base.

7/10

Its ok

7/10

7/10

8. interesting shape.

7.5/10 Pretty nice

5. and i think i'm being nice to this building already.

Tall, but it's boring... 6.5/10

7.5/10

5/10

5 / 10

5/10

Average facade. The top section looks weird.

8/10 :)

8/10
I like the simplicity and shape

6/10

8/10

8/10

7/10

6,5/10

4/10

5.5/10.

6.5

7/10 meh I've seen better in shinjuku

6/10

Nothing more should be expected from a building from this era but this one is particularly brutal...
3.5/10

Tall but a little ordinary

7. what a horrible entrance

5/10

7/10

:redx:

7/10

9/10

6.5/10

9/10

7/10

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=shinjukusumitomobuilding-tokyo-japan

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/05/617269.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/05/617265.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2006/02/438833.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/11/660352.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/05/617273.jpg

10/10

it's pretty tall 7/10

5/10

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7/10