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Akihabara Dai Building
Designed by: Kajima Design Construction Completed: 2005 Area: Soto Kanda City: Tokyo, Kanto
It is the height of irony that the neighborhood that inspired Ridley Scott's 1982 film "Blade Runner" lacks the looming skyscrapers that were featured so prominently in the film. The Akihabara Da...read more >> |
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Akihabara UDX Building
Construction Completed: 2005 Area: Soto Kanda City: Tokyo, Kanto
The little sibling to its younger brother next door, the UDX shares some of the Akihabara Dai Building's features, but is a little more refined. It has the same blue glass curtain wall skin, but ...read more >> |
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Ark Mori Building
Designed by: Mori Building Company Construction Completed: 1986 Area: Akasaka City: Tokyo, Kanto
At 37 stories, the Ark Mori Building isn't short, but its design still goes to great lengths to emphasize its height. The facade is vertical concrete fins with recessed windows. The black-and-whi...read more >> |
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Fuji TV
Designed by: Kenzo Tange Construction Completed: 1996 Area: Daiba City: Tokyo, Kanto
A great building for Tokyo that captures the essence of the city -- exotic and futuristic. The Fuji TV head office (headquarters) isn't some towering skyscraper; it is the correct scale for Tokyo...read more >> |
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