Midtown Tower

Midtown Tower
ミッドタウンタワー
Midtown Tower with Gardenside in the foreground
General information
Location	9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates
Construction started	2004
Completed	2007
Opening	March 31, 2007
Height
Roof	248.1 meters (814 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	54 above ground 5 below ground
Floor area	246,408 m² (2,652,310 sq ft)
Design and construction
Owner	Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd
Main contractor	Takenaka Corporation Taisei Corporation
Architect	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer	Nikken Sekkei Ltd.

Midtown Tower (ミッドタウンタワー, Middotaun tawā^?) is a mixed-use skyscraper located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six buildings located within the Tokyo Midtown complex, and at 248.1 meters (814 ft), it is also currently the tallest office building in Tokyo. The building is home to numerous companies and The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo.

1 Construction
2 Facilities
- 2.1 Office tenants
- 2.2 Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Construction

Located at the center of the Tokyo Midtown development, Midtown Tower is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At 248.1 meters (814 ft), it's the current tallest building in Tokyo and has held this title since the building's primary construction was completed in January 2007.^[1] Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the offices had been open since February.^[1] The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and Taisei Corporations.^[2]

Facilities

As a mixed-use facility, Midtown Tower's 54 floors are utilized in different ways. Several conference rooms occupy the entirety of the 4th floor. The 5th floor is the home of the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, a gallery and space for exhibitions, collaborations and discussions by designers. Tokyo Midtown Medical Center is located on the 6th floor. This medical facility first Japan-based collaboration with Johns Hopkins University.^[3] Unlike similar supertall skyscrapers in the area such as Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Midtown Tower's top 54th floor is not a visitors' observation deck. Instead, the floor houses building components and maintenance facilities.

Office tenants

Floors 7 to 44 are designated as commercial office space and house the offices of (among others):

Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Floors 45 to 53 are home to Japan's second Ritz-Carlton hotel—The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. This 248-room hotel offers many notable features including Japan’s most expensive Presidential Suite, available for $20,000 per night, and an authentic 200-year-old Japanese teahouse. Designed by renowned interior decorator Frank Nicholson, The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo reflects classic European inspiration fused with contemporary accents. Four works measuring 8.1 meters in height by American painter Sam Francis appear in the building's lobby, that, along with the second and third floors, is utilized by the hotel.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mid-Town Tower". Mitsui Fudosan. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9017. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
^ "Tokyo Mid-town Project (tentative name)". Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 2004-05-18. http://www.mitsuifudosan.co.jp/english/home/news_20040518.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
^ "Tokyo Midtown Medical Center". Tokyo Midtown. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080607001041/http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/en/facilities/medical/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
^ "The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo Welcomes First Guests March 30; 248-Room Property Offers Strategic Roppongi Address In New Tokyo Midtown Development". The Ritz-Carlton. http://corporate.ritzcarlton.com/en/Press/Properties/Tokyo/Releases/Opening.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

Official site
Midtown Tower at Structurae

Records
Preceded by Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1	Tallest building in Tokyo 248 m (814 ft) 2007–Present	Succeeded by Present

Skyscrapers and towers in Tokyo

List of tallest structures in Tokyo

Completed

Over 300 m	Tokyo Tower (333 m, 1958)

200–300 m	Midtown Tower (248 m, 2007) · Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 (243 m, 1991) · NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building (240 m, 2000) · Sunshine 60 (240 m, 1978) · Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (238 m, 2003) · Shinjuku Park Tower (235 m, 1994) · Tokyo Opera City Tower (234 m, 1996) · Shinjuku Mitsui Building (225 m, 1974) · Shinjuku Center Building (223 m, 1979) · Saint Luke's Tower (221 m, 1994) · Izumi Garden Tower (216 m, 2002) · Shiodome City Center (216 m, 2003) · Dentsu Building (213 m, 2002) · Shinjuku Sumitomo Building (210 m, 1974) · GranTokyo North Tower (205 m, 2007) · GranTokyo South Tower (205 m, 2007) · Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (204 m, 2008) · Shinjuku Nomura Building (203 m, 1978)

180–200 m	Shin-Marunouchi Building (198 m, 2007) · Harumi Island Triton Square Tower X (195 m, 2001) · Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower (195 m, 2005) · Sannō Park Tower (195 m, 2000) · Sompo Japan Building (193 m, 1976) · Nittele Tower (193 m, 2003) · Sea Tower (192 m, 2008) · Mid Tower (192 m, 2008) · Acty Shiodome (190 m, 2004) · Shinjuku I-Land Tower (189 m, 1994) · Atago Green Hills Mori Tower (188 m, 2001) · Cerulean Tower (184 m, 2001) · Sumitomo Real Estate Shinjuku Oak Tower (184 m, 2002) · Century Park Tower (180 m, 1999) · NEC Supertower (180 m, 1990) · JA Building (180 m, 2009) · Park City Toyosu Building A (180 m, 2008) · Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower (180 m, 1971)

160–180 m	Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Buildings (179.3 m, 2006) · Marunouchi Building (179 m, 2002) · W-Comfort Towers (178.5 m, 2004) · Marunouchi Trust Tower Main Building (178 m, 2008) · Toshiba Building (165.9 m, 1984) · Shiodome Media Tower (172.6 m, 2003) · Kasumigaseki Common Gate Towers (175.8 m, 2007) · World Trade Center (Tokyo) (162.6 m, 1970) · Tokyo Shiodome Building (173.2 m, 2005) · Park Axis Aoyama 1-chome Tower (172.4 m, 2007) · Royal Park Shiodome Tower (172 m, 2003) · City Towers Toyosu The Twin (171.2 m, 2009) · Marunouchi Park Building (170.1 m, 2009) · JT Building (169.7 m, 1995) · Bay City Harumi Sky Link Tower (169 m m, 2009) · Central Park Tower La Tour Shinjuku (167.8 m, 2010) · Capital Mark Tower (167.3 m, 2007) · Sapia Tower (167.2 m, 2007) · Yebisu Garden Place Tower (167 m, 1994) · Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.5 m, 2011) · Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower (165 m, 2009) · Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building (147.4 m, 2004) · Tokyo Twin Parks (165 m, 2002) · Triton View Tower (165 m, 1998) · Toyosu Center Building (165 m, 1992) · Tokyo Building (164.1 m, 2005) · Akasaka Tower Residence (162 m, 2008) · Shinjuku Maynds Tower (161.1 m, 1995) · Shibaura Island Cape Tower (161 m, 2006) · Nippon Seimei Marunouchi Building (160 m, 2004) ·

150–160 m	Concieria Nishi-Shinjuku Tower's West (159.8 m, 2008) · Tornare Nihombashi-Hamacho (159.7 m, 2005) · Roppongi Hills Residences (159 m, 2003) · Brillia Tower Tokyo (158.9 m, 2006) · Prudential Tower (158.4 m, 2002) · Bunkyo Civic Center (145.7 m, 1994) · Shiroyama JT Trust Tower (147.7 m, 1991) · Park Court Akasaka The Tower (157.3 m, 2009) · Atago Green Hills Forest Tower (157 m, 2001) · Plaza Tower Kachidoki (155.2 m, 2004) · The Toyosu Tower (155 m, 2008) · Tokyo Dome Hotel (155 m, 2000) · Tokyo Gas Co. Headquarters (155.7 m, 1984) · KDDI Otemachi Building (155.4 m, 1990) · Takanawa The Residence (153.9 m, 2005) · Toranomon Towers Residence (153.5 m, 2006) · Ark Mori Building (153.3 m, 1986) · Toyosu 3-Chome Area 8-4 Plan (153 m, 2010) · Station Garden Tower (153 m, 2008) · Tokyo Sankei New Building (152.4 m, 2000) · JPower Headquarters (153 m, 1987) · Park Tower Gran Sky (152.9 m, 2010) · Garden Air Tower (152.6 m, 2003) · Shinagawa East One Tower (151.6 m, 2003) · Shiba-Koen First Building (151.2 m, 2000) · Futako-Tamagawa Rise Tower & Residence Tower East (151.1 m, 2010) · Odakyu Southern Tower (150.8 m m, 1998) · Air Rise Tower (150.5 m, 2007) · JR East Japan Building (150.2 m, 1997) · Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters Building (150 m, 2009) · Kudanshita 3rd Government Building - Chiyoda Ward Office (150 m, 2007) · Taiyo Seimei Shinagawa Building (150 m, 2003) · Granpark Tower (150 m, 1996) ·

140–150 m	Shinagawa Grand Central Tower (149.8 m, 2003) · Pacific Century Place (149.8 m, 2001) · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Building (148.5 m, 2003) · Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation Head Office (148.4 m, 2003) · Canon S Tower (147.7 m, 2003) · Akihabara Dai Building (147.5 m, 2005) · Toyosu Center Building Annex (147.4 m, 2006 · BEACON Tower Residence (147 m, 2009) · Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building (146.8 m, 2004) · Fujisoft Akihabara Building (146.7 m, 2007) · Canal First Tower (145.5 m, 2008) · NTT DoCoMo Shinagawa Building (145.1 m, 2003) · River City 21 East Towers (144.9 m, 2000) · Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower (144.5 m, 2009) · Shinagawa Intercity Towers (144.5 m, 1998) · Hotel New Otani Tokyo Tower (144.5 m, 1974) · Toyosu Ciel Tower (144.4 m, 2006) · Apple Tower (143 m, 2007) · Shinagawa V-Tower (143 m, 2003) · Shinagawa Prince Hotel New Tower (143 m, 1994) · Mizuho Bank Headquarters (142.5 m, 1980) · Regale Nihombashi-Ningyocho (142.2 m, 2007) · Shirokane Tower (141.9 m, 2005) · Hikifune Station Front Area 1 Redevelopment (141.6 m, 2009) · Akasaka Park Building (141 m, 1993) · City Tower Shinagawa (140.9 m, 2008) · ThinkPark Tower (140.5 m, 2007) · Shinjuku Kokusai Building - Hilton Tokyo (141 m, 1984) · NHK Broadcasting Center (140.1 m, 1973) ·

130–140 m	Station Plaza Tower (139.9 m, 2009) · Sumitomo Fudosan Nishi-Shinjuku Building (139.9 m, 2009) · World City Towers (139.9 m, 2007) · Olinas Tower (139.3 m, 2006) · Kokusai Shin-Akasaka East Building (139.3 m, 1980) · Toyosu ON Building (139 m, 1992) · River City 21 Skylight Tower (139 m, 1990) · Shibuya Cross Tower (134.1 m, 1975) · Akasaka Prince Hotel (138.9 m, 1982) · World City Towers Aqua Tower (138.7 m, 2006) · The Tower Grandia (138.7 m, 2004) · Tokyo Times Tower (138.5 m, 2004) · Roppongi T-CUBE (138.5 m, 2003) · Venasis Kanamachi Tower Residence (138.2 m, 2009) · Royal Parks Tower Minami-Senju (138 m, 2008) · Kawadacho Comfo Garden (138 m, 2003) · Otemachi Nomura Building (138 m, 1997) · Proud Tower Chiyoda Fujimi (137 m, 2009) · Cosmopolis Shinagawa (137 m, 2005) · Bay Crest Tower (136.6 m, 2005) · Renaissance Tower Ueno-Ikenohata (136.5 m, 2005) · Nippon Express Headquarters (136.5 m, 2003) · Crest Prime Tower Shiba (136.4 m, 2007) · Century Tower (136 m, 1991) · Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (135.6 m, 1973) · Chiyoda First Building West (135 m, 2004) · NTT DoCoMo Sumida Building (135 m, 2003) · Akasaka Intercity (134.8 m, 2005) · Hotel New Otani Garden Court (134.7 m, 1991) · Vanguard Tower (134.6 m, 2007) · Riverside Sumida Center (134.4 m, 1994) · The Garden Towers (134.3 m, 1998) · Yoyogi Seminar Tower Obelisk (134 m, 2008) · Nakano-Sakaue Sun Bright Twin (134 m, 1996) · Moon Island Tower (133.8 m, 2002) · Shinjuku NS Building (133.7 m, 1982) · Shiodome Building (133.5 m, 2007) · Tokyo ANA Tower (133 m, 1986) · Kogakuin University Shinjuku Building (132.9 m, 1989) · Sumitomo Realty Shiba-Koen Tower (132.6 m, 2001) · NTT Data Shinagawa Building (132.3 m, 2003) · River City 21 River Point Tower (132 m, 1989) · Shin-Gofukubashi Building (132 m, 1979) · City Tower Shinjuku Shintoshin (130.6 m, 2005) · The Center Tokyo (130 m, 2007) · River Harp Tower Building 2 (130 m, 2000) · Tomin Tower Shinonome (130 m, 1996) · Sunshine City Prince Hotel (130 m, 1980) ·

Under
construction

Tokyo Sky Tree (634 m, 2011) · JP Tower (200 m, 2011) · Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment (196 m, 2011) · Kachidoki View Tower (192 m, 2010) · Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome Redevelopment Project (189 m, 2011)

Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Category · Commons

Supertall skyscrapers

Current

North America	Aon Center · Bank of America Plaza · Bank of America Tower · Chrysler Building · Empire State Building · Franklin Center (Chicago) · JPMorgan Chase Tower · John Hancock Center · The New York Times Building · Trump Tower Chicago · Two Prudential Plaza · U.S. Bank Tower · Wells Fargo Plaza · Willis Tower

Asia	Baiyoke Tower II · Bank of China Tower · The Center · Central Plaza · China World Trade Center Tower III · CITIC Plaza · Guangzhou International Finance Center · International Commerce Centre · International Finance Centre · Jin Mao Tower · Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower · Kingkey 100 · Menara Telekom · Minsheng Bank Building · Nanjing Greenland Financial Center · Nina Tower · Northeast Asia Trade Tower · Petronas Towers · Shanghai World Financial Center · Shimao International Plaza · Shun Hing Square · Taipei 101 · Tianjin World Financial Center · Tuntex Sky Tower · Wenzhou World Trade Center

Europe	City of Capitals

Australia	Eureka Tower · Q1

Middle East	Almas Tower · Aspire Tower · Arraya 2 · Burj Al Arab · Burj Khalifa · Emirates Office Tower · Emirates Towers Hotel · HHHR Tower · Kingdom Centre · Rose Tower · Ocean Heights · The Address Downtown Dubai · The Index · The Marina Torch

Under construction

North America	175 Greenwich Street · 200 Greenwich Street · Carnegie 57 · One World Trade Center

South America	Gran Torre Santiago

Asia	Abenobashi Terminal Building Skyscraper (Abeno Harukas) · Busan Lotte World Tower · Dalian Eton Center · East Pacific Business Center · Forum 66 · Gate of the Orient · Gate of Taipei · Global Financial Building · Goldin Finance 117 · The Gramercy Residences · Grand International Mansion (The Pinnacle) · Hanging Village of Huaxi · Leatop Plaza · Lotte World Premium Tower · MahaNakhon · Orchid Heights · Palais Royale, Mumbai · Pearl River Tower · Pingan International Finance Center · Ryugyong Hotel · Shanghai Tower · Sino-Steel Tower · The Wharf Times Square · We've the Zenith · White Magnolia Plaza · Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour

Europe	Federation Tower · Mercury City Tower · Shard London Bridge

Middle East	23 Marina · Abraj Al Bait · Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower · Al Hamra Tower · Al Yaqoub Tower · Central Market Project · DAMAC Heights · Dubai Pearl · Elite Residence · Emirates Park Towers · Infinity Tower · Lamar Towers · Qatar National Bank Tower · The Landmark · Marina 101 · Princess Tower · Sky Tower

Construction suspended

Al Quds Endowment Tower · Barwa Tower · BDNI Center 1 · Burj Al Alam · Chow Tai Fook Centre · Dalian International Trade Center · Doha Convention Center Tower · Dubai Towers Doha · Eurasia · Faros del Panamá · India Tower · JW Marriott International Finance Centre · Pentominium · Parc1 Tower A · Plaza Rakyat · Skycity · Square Capital Tower · Waterview Tower · Xiamen Post & Telecommunications Building

Former

World Trade Center

See also Proposed supertall skyscrapers · List of architects of supertall buildings