9 articles tagged “Chuo Ward”
A 54-storey residential tower of approximately 209 metres completed in 2009 on the bank of the Tosabori River in the Kitahama financial district of Osaka. At the time of completion it ranked among the tallest residential towers in Japan, designed by a consortium of four architectural firms.
A 14-story, 60-meter mixed-use cultural facility completed in 1995 in Tenjin, Fukuoka City. Its south-facing exterior is covered by a terraced step garden of fifteen levels, creating one of Asia's most distinctive green facades. Designed by Emilio Ambasz and Nihon Sekkei.
Opened in June 1986 at 125 metres tall, this 22-storey observation tower on the Chiba waterfront was built to mark Chiba Prefecture reaching a population of five million. It was also the first building in Japan to incorporate a dynamic damper for wind control.
An observation tower completed in 1957 at the eastern end of Odori Park in central Sapporo. Standing 147 meters, it was engineered by Naitō Tachū and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2025.
Completed in February 2003 at JR Sapporo Station. A 38-story, 173-metre mixed-use tower — Hokkaido's tallest building — developed by JR Hokkaido on the site of the former at-grade station tracks, housing a hotel, department store, retail complex, offices, and an observation deck.
Completed in August 1990 and standing 37 storeys at 157 metres, Crystal Tower in Osaka Business Park holds the distinction of being the first super-highrise in Japan to adopt vibration-control (seismic damper) structural technology. Designed and developed by Takenaka Corporation, it remains one of the most refined towers on the Osaka skyline.
Completed in September 2018, Namba Skyo is a 31-storey, 150-metre mixed-use tower developed by Nankai Electric Railway on the site of the former Nankai Kaikan Building. It stands directly connected to Nankai Namba Station, bringing a substantial office presence to the Namba district.
A 48-storey seismically isolated residential skyscraper completed in December 2021 in the Senba merchant district of Osaka's Chuo Ward. Developed by Sumitomo Fudosan and built by Shimizu Corporation, it rises approximately 165 metres and contains 855 homes.
Completed in June 2018, the Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building stands 32 storeys and 176.66 metres tall in Nihonbashi, Chuo Ward. Built immediately beside the 1933 Nihonbashi Takashimaya main store — a National Important Cultural Property — it is a landmark example of heritage preservation and high-rise redevelopment coexisting within a single city block.