Archinect - News2024-05-10T17:42:04-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150420714/pelli-clarke-partners-opens-mori-jp-tower-japan-s-new-tallest-building
Pelli Clarke & Partners​ opens Mori JP Tower, Japan's new tallest building Josh Niland2024-03-18T13:56:00-04:00>2024-03-24T23:22:48-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7f/7ff4c4793d7b994c3ee3c064ff7c25dc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106311/pelli-clarke-pelli-architects" target="_blank">Pelli Clarke & Partners</a> has shared news of their completed work on the Mori JP Tower project inside the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1395632/toranomon-azabudai" target="_blank">Azabudai Hills District</a> in Tokyo. The new tallest building in Japan is a 64-story mixed-used design complementing the two other high-rise structures included in the redevelopment district and was completed last fall at a total height of 330 meters (1,082 feet). </p>
<p>“Mori JP Tower, and with it Azabudai Hills, is among the first buildings visitors see upon arrival to Tokyo, creating a new center and landmark for the city,” Mitch Hirsch, Partner at Pelli Clarke & Partners, said in a project announcement of the scheme. “To design a tower of this significance in a city renowned for its unique skyline is a privilege.”<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b989b71c87ce78d8c1c70ebe3f217a0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b989b71c87ce78d8c1c70ebe3f217a0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Jason O'Rear</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/868d40995b03935df97cbb0b97b19b99.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/868d40995b03935df97cbb0b97b19b99.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Jason O'Rear</figcaption></figure><p>The building is designed to evoke the symmetry of a lotus flower form, clad in a distinctive pearl-grey glass curtain facade and topped by a crown made from four separate curved glass pedals.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/7718850ae51db5c2bf291124ee35cb4c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/7718850ae51db5c2bf291124ee35cb4c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Jason O'Rear</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0ccb293f903b29cf0dc562cc1e0a26d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0ccb293f903b29cf0dc562cc1e0a26d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Jason O'Rear...</figcaption></figure>