31 articles tagged “Chuo City”
A large-scale mixed-use complex completed in October 2001 in Harumi, Chuo City. Its four office towers, anchored by the 45-storey, 194.9-metre Tower X, employ a world-first seismic-control structure that links the three main towers with viscous dampers — an innovation that earned the 43rd BCS Award.
Completed in 2016, this 11-story commercial complex at Sukiyabashi Crossing brings Edo kiriko cut-glass craftsmanship into the 21st century. Its faceted diamond-glass façade transforms Ginza's busiest intersection into a shimmering jewel box at night.
A 26-story, 141-metre office tower completed in March 2019 as part of Mitsui Fudosan's long-running Nihonbashi regeneration. Its lower floors house COREDO Muromachi Terrace, including the first overseas location of Taiwanese bookshop-café Eslite Spectrum.
A large mixed-use redevelopment completed in 2001 on reclaimed land in Harumi, Chuo City, featuring three high-rise office towers — the tallest reaching 45 storeys and approximately 195 metres. Developed by the Urban Development Corporation (now UR), the complex introduced a commercial and public waterfront to an area previously dominated by industrial and warehouse uses.
A 32-storey office and commercial tower completed in 2016 on the site of former buildings in Kyobashi, Chuo City. Designed by Nikken Sekkei and developed by a urban redevelopment association led by Nippon Tochi-Tatemono and Tokyo Tatemono, the building pairs a high-rise block with a restored historic structure to re-establish Kyobashi as a destination in its own right.
A 35-storey office tower completed in 2015 in the Nihonbashi 2-chome district of Chuo City, designed by Nikken Sekkei and developed by Sumitomo Realty & Development. Directly connected to Nihonbashi Station, the tower is part of the ongoing renewal of Tokyo's historic commercial and financial centre.
Completed in December 2016, this 53-story, 178-meter residential tower holds approximately 1,420 units — making it one of the largest single condominium towers in Japan by unit count. Built through an urban redevelopment association in Kachidoki, it stands as a landmark of the waterfront housing boom.
Completed in August 2023, this two-tower development by Mitsui Fudosan Residential comprises the Mid Tower (45 floors, approximately 159 meters) and the South Tower (58 floors, approximately 189 meters). The GRAND MARINA TOKYO project represents the latest chapter in the ongoing transformation of Kachidoki's waterfront.
The new headquarters of Toda Corporation, completed in September 2024 in Kyobashi, Chuo City. Rising 28 floors to approximately 165 meters with a core-wall seismic isolation structure, its lower six floors house an art gallery, exhibition spaces, and public venues open to the surrounding city.
Completed in September 2005, this 47-story, 156-meter residential tower anchors a mixed-use redevelopment in the quiet riverside district of Hamacho. The project, organized by more than 100 landowners, incorporated the relocation of a local Shinto shrine and community hall alongside housing and office space.
A mixed-use skyscraper complex completed in May 1994 in Akashicho, Chuo City, Tokyo. The main office tower rises 51 floors to a height of approximately 220 meters beside the Sumida River, neighboring St. Luke's International Hospital.
A 52-story, approximately 284-meter mixed-use skyscraper under construction in Nihonbashi, central Tokyo. The anchor tower of the Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi development, led by Mitsui Fudosan, Nomura Real Estate, and Nomura Holdings, it is set to become the second-tallest building in Tokyo upon its 2026 completion.
Completed November 2008, this 550-metre road bridge spans the Harumi Canal between Harumi 5-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Its five-span continuous steel-deck V-leg box girder gives the crossing an unusually light silhouette. The vehicle lanes opened in November 2018 as part of Ring Road 2; a pedestrian and cycling path has been accessible since before the road opening.
Opened 25 March 2006, this 580-metre road bridge crosses the Harumi Canal between Harumi 3-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Shuto Expressway Route 10 opened through its central section in March 2018, completing a two-tier structure that was built into the design from the start.
The twin towers that completed the Harumi Flag residential district in September 2025. SUN VILLAGE and PARK VILLAGE each stand 50 storeys and approximately 172 metres, together holding 1,455 homes on the site of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' Village.
GINZA SIX opened in April 2017 on the site of the former Matsuzakaya Ginza department store, a 13-storey mixed-use complex reaching approximately 56 metres. Designed by Yoshio Taniguchi in collaboration with Kajima, it brings together 241 retail tenants, major office floors, a rooftop garden, and — in its basement — the Kanze Noh Theatre, the home stage of the Kanze school.
A 246-metre steel road bridge completed in 1940 on the Sumida River. Its central span is Japan's only Chicago-style double-leaf bascule bridge, last opened in 1970. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2007.
A three-span self-anchored suspension bridge completed in 1928, 186.2 metres long. Modelled on Germany's Great Suspension Bridge in Cologne, it was designed to be feminine and graceful, a counterpoint to the masculine strength of Eitai Bridge upstream. In 2007 it became the first road bridge under prefectural management to be designated an Important Cultural Property.
A stone double-arch bridge completed in 1911, carrying the Nihon Kokudo Rodo Hyoshiki — the national road origin marker — at its centre. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1999. The expressway overhead is currently being put underground, with completion expected in the 2040s.
A steel tied-arch bridge completed in 1926, 184.7 metres long. Rebuilt in the reconstruction after the Great Kanto Earthquake and modelled on Germany's Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine, it is the oldest surviving tied-arch bridge in Japan and the first there to exceed a 100-metre span. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2007.
A pair of 52-story towers completed in September 2015, rising 177.3 metres above the Harumi waterfront. Developed by Sumitomo Realty and built by Sumitomo Mitsui Construction, the matched towers anchor the skyline of the Kachidoki–Harumi bay district.
A 55-storey, 192.2-metre mixed-use tower completed in 2010 on the doorstep of Kachidoki Station. Its lower floors hold a public nursery school and children's centre; the residential floors above offer 712 homes, making it one of the waterfront's most prominent landmarks.
A large-scale waterfront residential district built on the former IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries) Tokyo factory site in Tsukuda, Chuo City. Construction began in 1986 and the first residents arrived in 1989; the district was completed around 2010 — a pioneer of Tokyo's waterfront tower housing.
A large-scale residential district converted from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' Village in Harumi 5-chome, Chuo City. Approximately 5,632 homes across mid-rise blocks and a 50-storey twin tower (SKY DUO, approximately 172 m) spread across an 18-hectare site.
A two-tower, 49-storey residential complex completed in 2013 and 2016 on the Harumi waterfront in Chuo City. Developed by Mitsubishi Estate Residence, Chrono Residence (883 units) and Tiaro Residence (861 units) together supply 1,744 homes across a shared site of approximately 29,800 square metres.
A 48-storey, approximately 170-metre residential tower completed in February 2019 on the waterfront of Harumi, Chuo City. Developed by Mitsui Fudosan Residential and four partners, with 1,076 units and a garden designed by Oriental Land.
A 1972 Metabolism landmark in Ginza designed by Kisho Kurokawa, built from 140 interchangeable capsules attached to two concrete cores. Demolished in 2022, it remains the defining realization of Metabolism architecture worldwide.
A 45-story mixed-use tower completed in 2022 on the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station. Standing approximately 240 meters tall, it integrates a bus terminal, a municipal elementary school, offices, and a hotel in a single structure — one of Tokyo's clearest examples of vertical urban consolidation.
A 39-story, 195-meter mixed-use skyscraper completed in 2005, standing directly beside the Mitsui Main Building, a designated Important Cultural Property built in 1929. Developed by Mitsui Fudosan, the tower houses Mandarin Oriental Tokyo on its upper floors.
A 24-story, 124-meter office tower completed in 2013 in Kyobashi, Chuo City, notable for its stacked green terraces and environmental design. Winner of the 57th BCS Award, directly connected underground to Kyobashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
A large twin-tower high-rise residence on the Kachidoki waterfront.