#161 l DoCoMo Yoyogi Building l TOKYO l 240m l 28fl

[RafflesCity]

DoCoMo Yoyogi Building
Tokyo, Japan

HEIGHT: 240m/787 feet
FLOORS: 28 floors
COMPLETION: 2000
ARCHITECT: Kajima Design/NTT Power & Building Facilities

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-1-3-1079109802?m=1&pg=2&ro=0&co=2

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-1-2-1079109774?m=1&pg=2&ro=0&co=1

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-1-1-1079109748?m=1&pg=2&ro=0&co=0

http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/2maga/ja/ja0044/work/16/img/001.jpg

http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/2maga/ja/ja0044/work/16/img/002.jpg

[AG]

Strange how it only has 28 floors, but not bad, though still too boxy.

7/10

[Jasonhouse]

I don't like it at all. It looks very cheap, and incomplete. It seems to totally lack any detail and has a bland color scheme...

...Man, I just can't think of anything good to say.

4.0/10

[MSPtoMKE]

I gave it 6.5/10, but i think i may have been too generous. I just don't like the top. Or the base for that matter. yeah, i don't like it.

[Kramer]

reminds me of that building in russia that the KGB was in i think... anyone know what im talking about??

[Jasonhouse]

I know what you're talking about, but don't recall the name...It's the tallest building there, I think.

[Monkey]

Low rating here. Deja vu all over again. Bit of the Empire State Building?:D

[Muse]

Hmmm, i used to live in the next area to where this is standing.

Out all on its own, away from the other talls of Shinjuku Fukutoshin.

Yeah, it's not a great one. The pinnacle comes down too far making it appear shorter than what it is. The mid-section could have continued up another 50-75ft easily. Just looks stumpy as a result.

Not the best Japanese tall by a long shot.

5

As requested by Raffles, a couple of close-ups:

http://users.hoops.ne.jp/freephoto/docomo04.jpg

http://users.hoops.ne.jp/freephoto/docomo05.jpg

[SUNNI]

its looks like they tried to copy the chrisler building or sumthing! 4/10, i dont suit the skyline, i dont like the colour, i hate the top!

[Muse]

Originally posted by Kramer
reminds me of that building in russia that the KGB was in i think... anyone know what im talking about?? Does remind us of Stalinist scrapers:

.............http://www.photomann.com/russia/moscow/mosc33x.jpg

[baqthier]

7.5/10

i like it . the setbacks are way cool! Color sucks though

[RafflesCity]

7.5/10

I thought its rather pretty. It may be a bit bland, but it cuts a very nice silhouette in the skyline! Like the Empire State.

museumb> thanks a billion for the photos!! :guns1:

[SUNNI]

how could you compare this to the ESB?! >(

[RafflesCity]

wahaha..The Empire State is way ahead of this of course...I just mean that from a distance..its shape copies the ESB :D

[Sunflower]

I love almost all Far Eastern scrapers...but not this one.

5/10.

[enzo]

Very camp. Looks good in the setting sun though!

6/10

[NickT]

4/10 I just dont like it. Bad colour. Doesnt fit in the skyline. But nice setbacks

[Ersh]

Bland and uninspiring...:( What is in the top 40% of the building? It looks like all 28 floors are in the lower part of the building...5/10

[JinStuttgart]

6.5/10

[SteelCity32]

wow. Very cool looking design. Nice and "flattering"...8/10

[cgrassham]

Looks cheap 4/10

[DrumCorpsAlum]

Kind of cool. 7.5/10.

[Steven]

I like the top it gives some charactor to a box

8/10

[TYW]

8.5/10

nice building!

[Caledon1981]

i dunno looks like it was made out of legos . . 6/10 for being #99!

[Liz L]

6.5/10 - The overall shape gives it a good silhpiette - the setbacks help the height, and the small butresses are a good touch - yes, it echoes the Empire State a bit, though the ESB is way ahead.
The facade just isn't that impressive though; there's simply too much of that drab stone. It desperately needs more glass or metal or something....

[Jeff from Winnipeg]

:| Uninspired... Blah -> 5/10

[De Snor]

A cheap copy of the ESB :(

[JacobRit]

i give 6, looks great from afar, but shit close up

[luis4083]

only 28 storeys yet towering above the rest?

i can't see anything bad about this scraper, i like the design....
mmmm..i give it 8 out of 10

[SeeMacau]

Only 28 storey but it looks so tall
But the building doesn't suit the skylines
8/10

[Wu-Gambino]

3/10

Complete failure. Pathetic attempt at post modernism.

[Dan]

It doesn't work for me. I think it looks like a cheap imitation of the Empire State Building.

4/10

[Bobdreamz]

yeah the design does resemble the ESB but what a cheap imitation....god the ESB in Las Vegas looks better than this!....LOL...4/10

[BMXican]

I like it for some unexplainable reasons, nice to look at in the skyline - 7/10

[renell]

i don't really like the top part, looks like it was just added for height, considering it has only 28 and yet 750+ft. and the color of this building is quite ugly as well...

well this ugly design might have been consequences for like, better earthquake resistant building. i just hope so

4

[The Messiah]

No i don't like it.Looks cheap and a but to slim for it's shape.

4.0/10

[Donkie]

ugly

ESB ? :bleep:

[Evergrey]

3 Normally I like buildings that look like this... but this building is a disaster... very camp and tacky and tasteless...

[Jase Calvin]

Bad post-modernism unfortunately. 4.5/10.

[BGT]

7.5/10

[huaiwei]

Cant really see much of the building from the photos...but I suppose a 6/10 shd do it justice?

[Imperfect Ending]

5

Not appealing to me

[weirdo]

it isnt so bad. 7/10

[james2390]

unique, 7

[AtlanticaC5]

6.5/10...an Empire State wanna-be...

[il fenomeno]

needs windows on the top 6/10

[Patrick]

facade: not so good
form: i like that
points: 8.5

[Fabio]

7/10


there is something about this tower that I don't like.

[airsickpenthousedweller]

This attempt at originality didn't work out right.


4/10

[Kaneda]

Too brown. And the top is really ugly, but I like the idea with the big clock. :) 4.5/10

[Sniper]

6/10

[alex3000]

4/10

[RafflesCity]

A night shot
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103docomo.jpg

[Necker]

6/10

[_tictac_]

Amazing building, I really like it...9/10 :cool:

[7 World Trade]

too narrow, need more windows, and the roof makes the building look like a cheater. but since it's a green (environ-wise) scraper, i'll have a lil mercy on this one.

7

[Winus]

Nice shape, ugly materials. 6/10

[DamienK]

Empire State building lookalike. 7/10.

[Imperial]

J don't like it 5/10

[David3820]

Wow, this building is amazingly completely not to my likeing!! Haven't seen anything like this ugly one!! The only thing impressive to me about it is that it really seems to soar high. Hmmmm, 2.6/10

[Sher]

Looks like a clock tower. The color isn't nice, but I like the design. 7/10

[Monkey]

From a great distance it has an impressive silhouette, but up close it's quite ugly. The clock is quite nice at night.

6.5

[LeCom]

Pretty good for an infrastructure building.

[empersouf]

Strange building, just 28 floors? 7.0

[andysimo123]

5/10

[-(･∀･)-(^｡^)-]

／( ^｡^)／ GOOD ＼(^｡^)＼

[kiku99]

it looks pretty good at night time. 6.5/10

[Auxodium]

Does remind us of Stalinist scrapers:

.............http://www.photomann.com/russia/moscow/mosc33x.jpg


i like that building. The EARLY designs for Canberra had buildings like that amungst the vegetation, very garden city like.


The clock on the tower is AWSOME i wish Perth had a clock like THAT! :D

[TR-909+]

Not bad
http://www.george24.com/~ob-guy27/central1.jpg

[B@dGuYoM]

7/10

[Þróndeimr]

5/10

[skyscraper03]

nice. 10
no comment

[Reflex]

7.5/10.

[Medo]

4/10 Naah

[MattSal]

Very unique and almost Moscow-like. Adds a lot to the Tokyo skyline. I give it an 8/10. :okay:

[Pengui]

Is this a joke ? ^^
First I wondered where are the windows. Then I found them and found that they replicate the shape of the building with their cladding. Haha. Funny.

This one will get bonus points from me
- for the joke with the windows
- for the joke with the giant clock at the top... wtf, seriously ?? ^^
- for the joke of having a Empire State Building lighting rip-off
- for the joke of having the funniest name of the world's 200 tallest ^^

Totally that's... 4.5 ! Congrats ^^
(yeah, it was very low at the beginning ^^ )

[Latoso]

7/10

[spyguy]

What's there to say about this building that hasn't been said already? And this was finished in 2000??? It does look like one of those old and function over form Communist-style buildings. 4/10 only because of its height and odd clock tower.

[Jules]

7.

[Phobos]

7.5/10

Nice design.

[pon]

7.5

[DarkFenX]

Bad color and boxy. 6/10

[jimm]

8/10

[DRAKKO]

6/10

[ROYAL BLUE]

7/10

[CborG]

Reminds me of the big ben clocktower somehow, bad copy though. 6.5/10

[SoboleuS]

Really bad copy of old NYC skyscrapers. 5/10

[El_Greco]

6/10

[Xoceelias]

8/10

[Skylandman]

8/10

[www.sercan.de]

6/10

[Cpbujaa]

8/10

[Blue_Sky]

7.5/10

i like it

[Sinjin P.]

modern and I love the clock...9/10

[sander]

Design is cool. But these stone slabs don´t look nice. Kinda disappointing building. 7/10

[۩SkyScraper۩]

8/10:okay:

[Mosaic]

it's ugly and unattractive.

[Mosaic]

4/10

[No Mercy]

Not much of an effort with everything here. The tower is narrow, and has a clock, but what's so special about this? Well, basically, I am glad they have this, it suits Tokyo. Whatever they make will suit the city anyways, and I hope thye build more and more buildings in area to make it bigger. 5.5/5

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

So weird. 6/10

[forvine]

dont really like it, 6.5/10

[mr_storms]

7/10

[Scruffy88]

The clock side face has this minimalist look thats cool. I kinda dig this one. 7.5/10

[Henk]

5/10.

[clarky]

8/10

[Unsing]

Now I must say that
This building is owned by Mobile Phone Company.

[marpa]

3,5/10

[Skyman]

7/10

[anakin]

7/10

[Accura4Matalan]

4/10

[ZD]

I really hate this one. Very ugly.

2/10

[London_guy]

6/10

[ZZ-II]

not bad, not perfect: 8/10

[virarch]

4/10

[gutooo]

8/10

[Woko]

Very ugly!

[Pelha]

i don't like...5/10

[Nout]

7/10 like this shape, but thats it.

[Dreamlıneя]

6/10

[mtt16]

7.5/10

[Piotr-Stettin]

6,5/10

[sharpie20]

You'd think that one of the most advanced countries in the world can make better designs for skyscraper in their biggest city, i guess not.

3/10

[pau-chin]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5048/07zi4.jpg

[MDguy]

great picture! if only the DoCoMo yoyogi building would move out of the way! J/k :D. sorry, I don't like this building. it dosn't look like it has windows at the top. does it? 4/10

[LAYZIEDOGG]

looks very cheap 5/10

[W!CKED]

7/10

[FloridaFuture]

Pretty bad. Looks like it is more of a spire then a building.
3 or less.

:tiasd:

[Crizzy]

a bit like esb but bad copy 6/10

[ROYU]

Not a good one. 5.5

[xAKxRUSx]

Cool tower.

[SkyLerm]

5.5/10...

[Ralphkke]

Nah not my style, a 6 out of 10.

[cong san muon nam]

4.5/10

[Helium]

looks distinct amongst the other usually boxy buildings,
but is missing something.
6.5/10

[Aliya]

6/10

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[Sound.]

6/10

[krull]

5/10

[Cabman]

4.5 is all I can give this tower

[Slodi]

don't like the design 6/10

[kyle@1008]

7...

[Astralis]

7/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

4/10

[MasonicStage™]

5,5/10

[RON-E]

7/10

[DragonAnime]

Looks a bit strange to me. . . 6/10.

[Eric Offereins]

6/10

[kon133]

4/10

[krzewi]

ugly 4

[incognito_rn]

Very cool looking design.

[Halabalooza]

6. its alright

[Gregor]

5/10

[davee08]

7/10

[Nielsiej13]

6,5/10

[Fundador]

not bad 7/10

[WAuzzie]

5/10

[(((myx)))]

6.5 quite ugly

[Nikkodemo]

Interesting.

9/10

[stasiua]

8/10

[Rutger1991]

7/10

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[Go Ahead Eagles]

7/10