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The Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower (アークヒルズ仙石山森タワー) is a 206.7 m (678 ft) mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato ward, Tokyo.The building was designed by Irie Miyake Architects and Engineers and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Mori Building Company was the developer, while the construction process was managed by Obayashi Corporation.
Drop tower: 1996 Super Star: 1960 Swing Around: 1920s Swing boat: Pendulum ride: 1951 Tagada: 1948 Teacups: 1914 The Whip: 1926 Tilt-A-Whirl: 1996 Top Scan: 1990 Top Spin 2002 Topple Tower: Pendulum ride: 1955 Tornado (Mondial) 1951 Tornado (Wisdom) 1944 Tow boat ride: Water ride: 1970s Troika: 1930s Tumble Bug: 1950s Turbo Drop: Drop tower ...
Noah's Ark, the vessel by which God spares Noah, his family, and a remnant of all the world's animals from the flood. ( Christian mythology ) Chinese treasure ship (also Baochuan ), a large wooden ship in the fleet of admiral Zheng He , who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty.
Ark Hills (brown) as seen from the Tokyo Tower. Ark Hills (アークヒルズ, Āku Hiruzu) is a major office development by Mori Building Company in Minato, Tokyo.Opened in 1986, the complex includes the Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, the Ark Mori Building, the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the world-class Suntory Hall concert hall, a TV studio and several apartment buildings.
List of tallest structures; List of tallest structures – 300 to 400 metres; List of tallest structures – 400 to 500 metres; ThothX Tower; Tower crane; Tower mill; Tower of Babel; Tower of Elahbel; Tower testing station; Towerkill; Twin towers (architecture)
The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
Completed in 1982, the tower's guy-wires were not protected against corrosion and failed due to rust and storm winds causing the tower to collapse in 1989. Small-scale experimental model of a solar draft tower, newer proposals if built could become the tallest structure on earth. Wooden structure: Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower Germany: Mühlacker ...
Terminological and listing criteria follow Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat definitions. Guyed masts are differentiated from towers – the latter not featuring any guy wires or other support structures; and buildings are differentiated from towers – the former having at least 50% of occupiable floor space although both are self-supporting structures.