Japan's Tallest Building Under Construction

[Mulboyne]

The 300m Abenobashi Terminal Building Tower will be Japan's tallest building when it is finished in Spring 2014. It will have sixty storeys above ground and five more below.

Source (Japanese)

[Bucky]

It is modestly interesting to compare this new building to Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku

Sunshine 60
Roof : 239.7 meters (786 ft)
Floor count: 60 above ground


Tokyo Metro Govt. Bldg.
Roof : 242.9 meters (797 ft)
Floor count: 48


Abenobashi Terminal Building Tower
Roof : 300 m (984 ft)
Floor count: 60



Source: wikipedia


The Abenobashi building must have tall floors or perhaps they are adding superstructure on the roof to get the extra 57 meters.

[Mulboyne]

More details on the Skyscraper Forum.

Nothing on the Tokyo skyscraper timeline yet.

[Coligny]

Ok, who honestly think this kind of crap is needed in a cityscape ?

We got a new hotel "Arc Riche" (because Toyohashi means Rich Bridge or sumthing...) at the train station, that thing is 15-20 stories high and even if it's quite elegant by japanese building standards... It's an eyesore.

The 15 story of the new city hall... same crap :



Meanwhile, look at the fromer City Hall (meiji era):



That thing is spilling coolness on the sidewalk... It even got fracking Griffons everywhere... including 2 on side at pedestrian level... I did the test... scared my cat shitless (she have huge problems with gargoyles and other medieval looking creatures, don't ask). Same for my baby daughter back them... "Anna... hey looky what's dere!" ->baby crying, bad father of the day award...

[FG Lurker]

Coligny, you should probably set your NSFW submissions to "private" on your photo page. Otherwise when someone clicks on your photo of the old city hall they get a bonus topless shot beside it. Not a problem for me but it could be for some on here.

[Doctor Stop]

It will have sixty storeys above ground and five more below.

In Osaka? Any bets on how many of those above ground floors that will be still vacant a year after completion?

[omae mona]

Coligny, you should probably set your NSFW submissions to "private" on your photo page. Otherwise when someone clicks on your photo of the old city hall they get a bonus topless shot beside it. Not a problem for me but it could be for some on here.

Coligny, don't listen to this fool. Your settings are PERFECT.

[Coligny]

Coligny, you should probably set your NSFW submissions to "private" on your photo page. Otherwise when someone clicks on your photo of the old city hall they get a bonus topless shot beside it. Not a problem for me but it could be for some on here.

Ok, but they do be still appear when I post dem in th3 pr0n conf ?

[FG Lurker]

Ok, but they do be still appear when I post dem in th3 pr0n conf ?

Yup, they just don't appear when someone browses your uploaded photos or clicks on a non-porn FG thumbnail in a post...

(Personally I'm always happy to look at sexy (human*) females. I'm not in any danger of getting fired for seeing that at work though.)


* Just so Greji doesn't think I'm intruding on his turf.

[Yokohammer]

Meanwhile, look at the fromer City Hall (meiji era): ...

That building is gorgeous!
You mean to tell me they tore that down to put up that other piece of soulless excrement?!?

Aaaaaaugh!!!

[legion]

At some point an equation got switched round.

A vibrant economy creates a demand for business premises which creates a demand for buildings. So construction is a sign of a vibrant economy.

However now we pretend construction leads to a vibrant economy. Short term stimulus, long term drain.

[Tommybar]

It is modestly interesting to compare this new building to Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku

Sunshine 60
Roof : 239.7 meters (786 ft)
Floor count: 60 above ground


Tokyo Metro Govt. Bldg.
Roof : 242.9 meters (797 ft)
Floor count: 48


Abenobashi Terminal Building Tower
Roof : 300 m (984 ft)
Floor count: 60



Source: wikipedia


The Abenobashi building must have tall floors or perhaps they are adding superstructure on the roof to get the extra 57 meters.

Yokohama Landmark Tower
Roof: 296.33 m (972 ft)
Floor count: 70 (above ground)

[Doctor Stop]

However now we pretend construction leads to a vibrant economy. Short term stimulus, long term drain.

Build it and they won't come.

[Dragonette]

Ok, who honestly think this kind of crap is needed in a cityscape ?...
The 15 story of the new city hall... same crap...

Meanwhile, look at the fromer City Hall (meiji era)...

‪]The Saya[/URL] (scroll down for the more gruesome street-view photos)

It looks like a good wind or a small plane would knock it over, so pedestrians avoid walking beneath the ever-present 23rd Street scaffolding, (it's in bankruptcy now, the subject of various law suits) or will walk down an alternate street if possible.

[Samurai_Jerk]

‪]The Saya[/URL] (scroll down for the more gruesome street-view photos)

It looks like a good wind or a small plane would knock it over, so pedestrians avoid walking beneath the ever-present 23rd Street scaffolding, (it's in bankruptcy now, the subject of various law suits) or will walk down an alternate street if possible.

Unfortunately, New York is done. Sometime I think I want to move back home, then I realize the City I grew up in no longer exists.