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Asahi Beer Tower photograph.
Photograph � Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporaiton
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Asahi Beer Tower photograph.
Photograph � Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporaiton
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Asahi Beer Tower

Also known as: Asahi Breweries Head Office
Also known as: Asahi Beer Azumabashi Building
Built: 1989
Designed by: Nikken Sekkei
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 22
Maximum height: 95.1 meters / 312 feet
Location: Azumabashi 1-25-1, Sumida-ku
View from above with SkySpy(sm)

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While the flashy gold sculpture next door atop the Asahi Breweries Hall next door steals the show, the Asahi Breweries building is more than interesting on its own. At first glance, it's another reflective glass curtain wall urban block. But taking a step back and absorbing the building not as a skyscraper, but rather as a art form, one notices that this is actually a giant glass of beer. The glass is beer-tinted to reflect the amber hue of Asahi's product. And the top is festooned with an array of white panels arranged so they simulate foam frothing over the roof of the building.

 

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