Dentsu Building

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Dentsu Building
Information
Location Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan
Status Complete
Constructed - 2002
Roof 213.34 m
Technical details
Floor count 48
Elevator count 70
Companies
Architect Jean Nouvel

The Dentsu Headquarters Building (電通本社ビル Dentsū Honsha Biru?) is a high-rise building in Shiodome, Tokyo, which houses the corporate offices of Dentsu. 48 floors rise to 213.34 m (700 ft), it is the eleventh-tallest building in Tokyo and second-tallest in Shiodome. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and completed in 2002. It was built over the site of Tokyo's first train station, and sits aside the Hamarikyu Gardens, formerly the site of a Shogun's vacation home. The Dentsu building is an exemplary picture of modern architecture, featuring collectors on the roof to utilize rainwater for its plumbing system, as well as ceramic dots on the windows which, in concert with computerized window shades, control climate control expediture. The Dentsu building has 70 elevators, including a special elevator reserved only for VIPs and executive management.

With the exception of sludge, all waste materials produced in the construction of the Dentsu Building were recycled.

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