Pelli Clarke & Partners has shared news of their completed work on the Mori JP Tower project inside the Azabudai Hills District 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).
“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.”
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.
Inside, the tower's eleven uppermost floors are dedicated as high-end luxury Aman Residences. Another 48 stories of offices follow. Two floors of dedicated research and clinical spaces for the Keio University Center for Preventive Medicine are also included, and the design culminates in a ground-level retail podium that connects the building with the “Modern Urban Village” underneath.
Two smaller towers (the tallest of which totals 862 feet) are included as hotel and residential schemes adjacent to the tower, helping to complete the redevelopment of the Minato Ward that was first envisioned by client Mori Building Co. thirty years ago.
“The opportunity to design a city-within-a-city in Tokyo over the past decade has been an honor. Guided by the visionary team at Mori Building, we are proud to realize Azabudai Hills,” Partner Fred Clarke describes his team’s contribution to the development, which includes Thomas Heatherwick’s recently opened mixed-use creation.
The new Japanese record-setter will only stand as such in Tokyo until the completion of the 1,280-foot Torch Tower that's under construction for 2028.
Mori JP Tower's realization followed the completion of the Pelli Clarke & Partners-designed 879-foot Torre Mítikah in Mexico City’s Coyoacán district, which is now the country's third tallest building.
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What's the Eiffel tower thing in the background?
That's Tokyo Tower, the city's famous landmark (and still second-tallest tower in Japan), built in 1958. It's a radio and observation tower and inspired by the Eiffel Tower's structural design.
dusk pictures giving heavy Hiroshi Nagai vibes. love it, great design.
I love the interior shot with the wavy mezzanine (?) edge against the strong column grid.
#chonky ?!
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