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Kabukiza Tower
A 29-story, 145-meter office tower completed in 2013 atop the rebuilt Kabukiza theater in Ginza. Kengo Kuma clad the facade in a lattice of white louvers evoking traditional Japanese stripe patterns.
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8 articles tagged “Mixed-Use”
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Canal City Hakata
Canal City Hakata opened in April 1996 in the Hakata district of Fukuoka City. Designed by American architect Jon Jerde of The Jerde Partnership, this large-scale mixed-use complex centers on a 180-meter artificial canal and spans approximately 234,000 square meters of floor area.
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Queens Square Yokohama
Opened in 1997 in the Minato Mirai 21 district, Queens Square Yokohama is a three-tower mixed-use complex with Tower A rising 36 floors and 172 meters. Alongside Landmark Tower, it defines the waterfront skyline of central Yokohama.
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Ueno Frontier Tower
A 23-storey mixed-use tower of approximately 117 metres completed in November 2017 on the site of the former Matsuzakaya Ueno Store South Building in Taito City. Developed by J. Front Retailing and designed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, it combines commercial floors, a cinema complex, and offices on the Chuo-dori in Ueno.
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Sendai Trust Tower
Completed in 2010, this 37-story, 180 m mixed-use tower is the tallest building in the Tohoku and Hokkaido regions. Rising beside Ichibancho, Sendai's main shopping street, it integrates offices, retail, and a Westin Hotel into a single slender shaft.
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ACT CITY Hamamatsu
Completed in 1994, the 45-storey Act Tower reaches 212.77 metres at its highest point, making it the tallest building in Shizuoka Prefecture. The tower's harmonica-inspired facade is a deliberate nod to Hamamatsu's identity as Japan's instrument-manufacturing capital.
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Abeno Harukas
Opened on 7 March 2014, Abeno Harukas stands 300 metres tall across 60 storeys above ground — Japan's tallest building at the time of completion. A Kintetsu department store, art museum, offices, Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel and the Harukas 300 observation deck are integrated into a single tower directly above Osaka Abenobashi station.
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Park City Osaki
A 40-story, approximately 141-meter residential tower completed in May 2015 as part of the large-scale Kitashinagawa 5-chome urban redevelopment. The tower stands alongside office and retail buildings to form a mixed-use precinct steps from Osaki Station.