Shinjuku Park Tower

A 52-story, 235-meter mixed-use skyscraper completed in 1994 in the Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district. Designed by Kenzo Tange Associates, it houses the Park Hyatt Tokyo on its upper floors above a large office component.

Use

Office tower

Area

Shinjuku City

Completed

1994

Floors

52 above ground, 5 below

Height

235 m

Total floor area

approx. 264,140 m²

Developer

Tokyo Gas Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Architect

Kenzo Tange Associates

Three Towers Rising Over Nishi-Shinjuku

Walk south from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and three towers appear ahead, stepping skyward at different heights. That cluster is Shinjuku Park Tower. The tallest, the S Tower, rises 52 floors to a height of 235 meters; the central C Tower reaches 209 meters; and the N Tower tops out at 182 meters. All three are joined into a single complex with a unified facade that sets it apart from the individual towers elsewhere in the district. Designed by Kenzo Tange Associates and completed in April 1994, the building was developed by Tokyo Gas Real Estate (formerly Tokyo Gas Urban Development), with a total floor area of approximately 264,000 m².

The program is organized vertically: office floors occupy levels 9 through 37, while the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel takes over from the 39th floor to the 52nd. Placing a luxury hotel at over 200 meters above ground gives Shinjuku Park Tower a character distinct from the mainly corporate towers surrounding it.

A 1990s Addition to an Established Skyline

The Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district began taking shape in the 1970s, and by the late 1980s its major buildings were largely in place. Shinjuku Park Tower brought a new voice to that skyline when it opened in 1994, the year after Kenzo Tange completed the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on the same stretch. Two substantial works by the same architect standing in close proximity impose a coherence on the western part of Shinjuku that goes beyond the contribution of any single building.

The tower’s facade is a composed grid of horizontal and vertical lines — more austere than the stone-finish Government Building nearby, but equally precise in its geometry. At night, when light traces the crown of the S Tower, the three-stepped silhouette stands out even among the dense cluster of Nishi-Shinjuku’s tallest buildings. The free observation deck at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building offers one of the best vantage points from which to take in all three towers at once. From street level, the sidewalks along Koshu-Kaido Avenue and the paths around Shinjuku Chuo Park allow visitors to look straight up and feel the full vertical scale of the complex.

Summary

Shinjuku Park Tower was completed in 1994, with 52 floors above ground and a height of 235 meters. Designed by Kenzo Tange Associates and developed by Tokyo Gas Real Estate, its three interconnected towers of different heights form one of the most distinctive silhouettes in Nishi-Shinjuku. With the Park Hyatt Tokyo occupying the upper floors, the building combines office and hotel uses in a single vertical stack that rewards a closer look — from street level, from the Government Building’s observation deck, or from anywhere the Shinjuku skyline comes into view.

Related: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1 / Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

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