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Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō Tawā, pronounced [toːkʲoː taɰᵝaː] ⓘ), a.k.a. the Japan Radio Tower (日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō) is a communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958.
The Tokyo Tower, a 333-meter tall steel tower resembling the Eiffel Tower, was built to transmit television signals, and symbolized Japan's future when it opened in 1958. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] [ 189 ] Other notable buildings from this era were the National Diet Library , [ 190 ] National Museum of Western Art , [ 191 ] Tokyo Bunka Kaikan , [ 192 ...
[5] [7] The second-tallest structure in Tokyo is the 333-metre-tall (1,092 feet) Tokyo Tower, a lattice tower completed in 1958. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure is the 325-metre-tall (1,068 feet) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower , completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper .
The tallest building in Japan is currently the 325.5 m (1,068 ft) tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 390 m (1,280 ft) Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as the country's new tallest building.
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."
Today the tower is a popular tourist stop with its observation decks and restaurants located in the tower. Tokyo Tower: Tokyo Tower is used as an observatory tower along with a broadcasting antenna. It is located in the Minato district within Tokyo, Japan. The tower was finished in 1958 and cost 2.8 Billion Yen. [8]
It is a part of the Asia Plaza Tri-Tower Complex, that comprise three buildings, located in the new CBD of Asia New Bay Area. [27] [28] 103 GIFT Diamond Tower: 410 m (1,350 ft) 2002 Skyscraper Commercial India Gandhinagar: Diamond Tower and the core CBD of GIFT will comprise a total of 25,800,000 sq ft (2,400,000 m 2). [29] 87 Solar updraft tower
Tokyo Tower. Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲, Naitō Tachū, 12 June 1886 – 25 August 1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He was a father of earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting and observation towers, including the Tokyo Tower.