#046 l Landmark Tower l YOKOHAMA l 296m l 70fl

[D-Mac]

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.

[RafflesCity]

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

[Caledon1981]

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

[Vapour]

My favourite tower on the planet

[Imperial]

Fantastic, especially in night 9/10

[mk61]

brilliant building 9.5/10

[AG]

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

[Pablo]

this building ,quite OK lah

[SUNNI]

9, its tall, and looks taller than Mt Fuji

but at night, it looks very dull

[Ersh]

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

[ryanr]

MASSIVE, yet impressive...
9/10

[CTroyMathis]

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.

[DrumCorpsAlum]

8.5/10. Very cool! My God, this has to be one of the coolest pics I have ever seen!

[Francis20]

Err, very cool design!
love it...9/10!

[SteelCity32]

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

[Monkey]

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.