Landmark Tower
Yokohama, Japan

HEIGHT: 296m/971 feet
FLOORS: 70 floors
COMPLETION: 1993
ARCHITECT: Stubbins Associates


Synthesizing Oriental sensibility with contemporary technology, the elegantly tapered Landmark Tower is the focal point of Minato Mirai 21 at the portal harbor front of Yokohama, Japan. Developed as the first phase of a 4,500,000-square foot mega structure, the 73-story, 1000-foot-high skyscraper is the tallest building in Japan.
Combined in form as one distinctive building, the granite-clad tower includes 1,750,103 square feet of office space on 52 floors and a 600-room Nikko Hotel on 15 floors at the top of the tower. Uppermost hotel floors are projected out to accommodate two restaurants and an observation deck with a panoramic view to the Tokyo Bay, Mt. Fuji and Tokyo. Sky lit swimming pool and health facilities are located at the base of the hotel portion where it is recessed over the office floors. Other hotel facilities such as lobby, banquet, and reception rooms occupy the lower four floors in the southwest part of the retail block.

Accommodating the need for a large vertical core, especially in the lower portions, the steel and concrete structure starts with a wide star-shaped base and slopes upward, becoming progressively slender.

At the third retail level, a sky lighted vertical circulation point marks the connection of the moving sidewalk to the main pedestrian mall integrating the complex. Extending northeast, the spine is lined by four levels of shops and restaurants and culminates in a dramatically enclosed atrium space. Three levels of service and parking below ground accommodate a total of 1400 cars.

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7.5/10

Very chunky and impressive against its background. But this building would be a nightmare in a skyscraper environment like NY or HK. Its also a bit ugly if u stare hard enough.

9.5/10 Really Nice, like the design, MASSIVE

that building needs to cut back on sushi . . too chubby .. .5/10:eat:

My favourite tower on the planet :)

Another uniquely designed Japanese skyscraper, the sloping curving sides are unique, and though it is very wide, it doesn't look that way.

9.5/10

this building ,quite OK lah;)

9, its tall, and looks taller than Mt Fuji :D

but at night, it looks very dull:(

I've always like this building...unigue and very massive! 9/10

It's not the best-looking tower up close, but it's still very good.

9/10 :)

Graceless and ill-proportioned. Why would they set out to make a tall building look stubby?
2/10

I cannot find a fault with this tower. One of my top favorites for reasons I could write a book on.

10/10

MASSIVE, yet impressive...:D
9/10

I always truly wished the building was narrower at the base and taller - obviously, in other words, I have a problem with dimensions and proportions. I still will always have like for the building - it's perfectly fine in it's location and urban surrounds though. Could've been more, perhaps.

8.

8.5/10. Very cool! My God, this has to be one of the coolest pics I have ever seen!
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Err, very cool design!
love it...9/10!

yeah drummi. I love that Mt. Fuji scape behind it...9/10

I hate it when you can't tell the color of a building. So what is it? Greyish silver?Sandstone tan??

Looks great against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji, though. 8.

Yeah, Mt Fuji is its saving grace.

Tall but too bulky. Looks odd. Needs more sheen; like glass.

6

guess i'll be the party pooper here..it starts off great by tapering towards the top but then it has an abrupt end..it does look stubby...it looks unfinished...if they had tapered the 20 stories before reaching the top the design would have made it an incredible building...sorry.....6/10

Originally posted by Whose Homepage
I hate it when you can't tell the color of a building. So what is it? Greyish silver?Sandstone tan??

Looks great against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji, though. 8.

I can't think of a single building that doesn't look a different colour in different light conditions. How can any building look the same on a bright sunny afternoon as at sunset and as on an overcast day?

its a 7.0 in my eyes.

8.5/10 - Seems to be very much influenced by Japanese forms, if I'm correct. The shape, with the "towers" rising up along the 4 corners, and the hint of widening again as it nears the top, is very effective. So is the way the corner "towers" go up over the rest of the roof, to form a castle-like profile, which fits in very well with the rest of the building - no need for a spire here! Even the horizontal emphasis along the facade, which I normally might criticise, seem to work well with the rest of the tower.
My major quibble is that it is a bit thick and chunky... As Caledon 1981 says, perhaps a bit less sushi. And the facade might have been even better if it was shinier...
But still an impressive and unique design - and such a background, too!...it's unfortunate for the rating that Mt. Fuji isn't an architectural feature...

on its own, it looks fat and ponderous... but in context, it actually looks quite good. just my opinion...

enormous building but I don't like it much a 7

This is a awful building. It needs more colour. A tall eyesore.

is a building has too much colour, it would ruint it for all..

4/10

Could it be less inspiring? It looks like a castle keep on steroids. East meets west in a mediaevalish concrete dunderscraper.

it's OK
7/10

great design although too bulky.....8.5

6/10

big, big, big!!!
very heavy yet when seen from the base it stands like a castle.
not unlike the two towers in LOTR!!!! and i thought it was medieval like when i saw it, with a strong japanese conotation,
don't quite know how to explain that.
Also has the fastest elevators in the world, at least they were still 2 years ago when i got to the top.

I like the design
It's not bad
8/10

Oh yeah! 9.5/10!

Damn ugly...

4.5/10

Massive!Yeah that's what i think of it:)
7.0/10

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I agree.

1.5

9/10 nice building!.

Interesting,eye-pleasing and typical Japanese......well done.

9.5/10

Unique and massive. :eek:

A very powerful building.. Fits the Yokohama skyline very well.. Perfect for the focus point for the skyline.. :) Plus it looks even more majestic with the mountainous backdrop :guns1:

9.5/10

Ugly, odd 5/10

I like it. 9/10. It's very AKIRA looking for some reason.........:?

Superb, massive, impressive.9/10

This building amazes me for some reason. I tend to like odd buildings.

9.0

4/10

:no:

I don't like this giant-building so much, 7.5/10

somehow i really don't like it

2/10

9.5/10


as the name says a Lamdmark

3.5/10

Looks very modern
But it looks a little bit fat.
7.5/10

8.5/10
Looks tall with a Great modern shape. The colour is too dull but looks beautiful at night.

7.5/10

I like thet building, its so massive, and the facade is ok. 9/10

It is original, but not spectacular 7,5/10

10/10 Awesome

man, the sc3k unlimited version of this building actually look better than in real life. they should add more windows to the top 1/3 of the building, and make that portion of the building look slightly less rigid.

8.5

8/10

LOVE it, 9....wasnt this bldg in simcity3kU?

7.5/10

I like this building. Overwhelms its surroundings a bit, kinda odd porportions and shape. Like the facade and the colors, and the shape (it can be odd and appealing), a really unique take on the skyscraper. Stands by itself about as well as any skyscraper can, and does not make me stop and think "wow wow wow" (only "wow").

8/10. Love that chiselled look.

7.5

very massive but not my favorite design! 5.5

Not quite my cup of tea but it is cool. 6.5/10

A monstrously big skyscraper!
Very impressive, solid-looking and BIG. :)
9/10

Fantastic, especially in night 9/10

brilliant building 9.5/10

I cant stand designs like that....3/10

I hate the color, could it they built it on a blue/green glass?

Looks like one of buildings out of GTA. 6/10

This is characteristic of the best of Japan. The sheer bulk of it makes quite a statement. It dominates the city. Wonderful design, 9.5

9

Great-looking tower. Dominant and strong and lives up to its name.

WOW very futuristic and massive - it could be bit higher but these earthquakes.... I loved it 9/10

6.5/10

wow it sure is a LANDMARK!

10/10...if i could 30/10 its awesome, its ... damn absurd

A bit too chunky for my liking. Still very impressive.

7/10

Most sturdiest building all over the world
10

6/10 for its height

8/10.

Love it 10/10

Yea it's quite nice to behold 9/10

Ugly, but good hight, 8/10

7!

6.5/10

7/10

Great tower in the Greater Tokyo Area. Much deserved 8.5/10. :okay:

A landmark it is. :yes: Very powerful building 9/10

Strange I don't know if I like it. I'l give it time to grow on me but for now i'l give it a 6

This one is obviously not trying to be pretty ^^
Sheer massiveness, industrial look, and the top gives it something evil ^^
If I'm not mistaken, it's also one of the first supertalls, if not the first, having been built in an intense seismic area. Quite a feat.
Arguably one of Japan's best :-)
8.5

Japan's best. Very cyborg-ish look and creates a focal point for the Yokohama cluster. 8/10

HUGE! to chubby for me though... 7/10

Man, that's HUGE! It does look a little thick, but I think "stubby" is off base. It still clearly soars up above the rest of the city. The only things I don't like are the color (makes it look dated) and the top. Not that the top is bad, but it could've been more graceful.

6.5/10

It's too massive and I don't like the many facades the building has.

I don't like. 3.5/10

I like the design. It's bold and it's beautiful.. 9.5/10

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I like this one very much, probably the best in Japan.
9/10

7/10 Chunky!

Nice tower. 7/10.

I like the indent on it. 8.

9/10 very nice

Really massive and very impressive! 9/10
Reminds me buildings in "Blade Runner" movie.

Massive and bulky are the right descriptions for this tower. 8/10

9.0, this is a typical building which has to be a stand-alone, it doesn't fit in a Skyline imo.

10/10

Looks like what "futuristic" was in the 1980s... It's OK. 6.5/10.

7.5/10

9/10. I love it!

8.5/10

7/10

7.5/10

dunno it looks unfinished coz of its top..8/10

Very defined type of skyscraper, highly considerated treditional details all well-intercoursed with the extreme modernism facade and shape yet translucent effects at night even makes it more marvelous.

10/10

Really awesome!
9.5/10

wow nice building
8.5

this building is one of my favs, 10/10 !
it's massive and I like the shape ...very japanese

8/10

i like the nightshots

6.5/10. Don't like this one at all. The tapering shape makes it look chunky rather than tall and I find the facade quite ugly.

I like this building very much. Its a little thick though 8.5

6/10
ugly stubby,unattractive.boring facade,who designed this crap?oh yea stubbins no wonder.

great one. 8.5/10

6,5/10

9/10. Massive, great shape, even nice details. Love the "presence" and look of stability. Nice counterpoint in an era of skinny supertalls.

Nice looking skyscraper but it's not my favorite in Japan! But this one gets and 8.5 :)

Japanese-oriented style , strong, massive and outstanding. I give 9/10

8/10

:sleepy: 7/10

7.5/10.

I don't like the design...5.5/10 sorry

7/10

7.5/10

nice building... and it serve well as a landmark for Yokohama

8.5/10

6.5/10
bulky

A brutal looking beast 7.5/10

tried too hard to be unique...7/10

Some ugly, strange but attractive
7.5/10

I hate this building, becuase it looks like a whole mess of concrete. 4/10

7.5/10

There is nothing graceful about this tower. The great height is completley offset by too big a bulk. Perhaps that was their way to build a near 1000 footer in a super earthquake zone in 93 in which case functionality would earn points. But I think its ugly. But points for height, and some for mass.

6/10

9/10

8/10 This is a great tower but too bad they don't build more and taller buildings (because of earth quake restrictions) like this or else Japan would easily have the best skyline in the world

4/10

7/10................................

4/10

8.5/10

8/10. Kind of boxy, but nice style.

7/10

3/10

The views from the hotel at the top levels are stunning!

6/10

6.5/10

8.5/10 massive

Huge jalousies without any sense and feeling of taste or geometry. Awful Babel Tower

5/10

Its gigantic but not really my taste 7/10

a really great tower! 10/10

it looks so stably and massiv. 8.5/10

4/10

9.

Pretty ugly, but quite tall 5.5/10

A bit short for it's enourmity

7/10

7/10 looks nice but if it had a glass fasade it would be a 10

9/10

7/10

A chunky yet solid looking structure and it should be in an earthquake prone area like that. It is not really that boring as it is detailed yet it does look very repititive and I am not a huge fan. 7/10

9/10

8/10

9/10

8.5/10.

It's just awful.

3/10

too fat for it's shape, facade isn't that good
4.5/10

2 / 10

An eyesore.

10/10

huge but :(

4 / 10

I wonder if the architect had previously designed the chimney for a nuclear power generator.

2 /10

Its ugliness aside, the building also reminds me of a cemetary.

8/10 like the design.

4 / 10

3 / 10

A bit short for it's enourmity

7/10

Totally agree :yes:

1 / 10

0 / 10

what a nice design! viewing it from the ground must be cool, 9

9/10

8/10 good :speech:

6/10

ugly but original

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Hmmm I give it a 7.5

8/10

9/10.

5/10

i hate the shape!

5/10 i think for this one..maybe i'm generous..

6/10. Too chunky, awkward and just yuk.

10/10

Something about this I like.

Its unique - thats always good.

Like the way it tapers up.

Like the indents.

8/10

Huge..... and great! :D 9/10

8/10

weird but enough strong for me 9

dull 5/10

8/10

8/10

i dont like it, its ugly - 5/10

9/10

6/10

8,5/10

8.5/10

4/10

I dont like the color and it looks maybe too massive 7/10

A great landmark !!!! 8.0

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I like the setbacks. 7/10

7/10

It's a little bit gray. 8/10

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8/10 ;)

Does wonders for Yokohama's skyline. 10/10

This building looks strong. So, 8/10.

Nice building and pretty design!

9/10

I've been to Yoko to see this building on my own eyes. It's tall, indeed ;) but i can't say that the architecture is outstanding ;)
To conclude 8,5/10

7.5/10

7/10

enormous building,8

its fort! like it. 9

8/10

not bad 7/10

3/10 :ohno:

7 / 10

8/10 nice!

6.5/10

8/10

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I took these pictures on 5/24/08 on my three week tour of Japan! Too bad the weather wasn't what I had hoped for when I went to Yokohama.

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7/10

7.5/10

8/10

7.5/10

He looks like the tower of the guard. I don't like such under construction differences.

7,5/10

One of my all-time favorites, what a majestic shape. 9.5

I love it!!!

10

10/10 massive!

6/10

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6/10

5.5/10

9/10

7/10

ok. bulky.

8/10

8/10

4/10

6,5