Shiodome NTV Tower | |
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日本テレビタワー | |
General information | |
Town or city | Minato, Tokyo |
Country | Japan |
Construction started | January 2000 |
Construction stopped | 30 April 2004 |
Opened | February 29, 2004 |
Owner | Nippon Television |
Height | 192 m (629.9 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Richard Rogers Partnership, Mitsubishi Estate |
Main contractor | Shimizu Corporation |
The Nittele Tower (日テレタワー, Nittere tawaa) is a structural expressionist office building located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It houses the headquarters of Nippon Television. The 32-storey building has a height of 192 metres. Construction was finished in 2003.
As a part of the design and aesthetics of the exterior, the building has 2 large sculpture pieces attached one either side. Majority of people would assume it was decorative but in fact it was designed by Richard Rogers Partnership to assist the building from wind loads and during earthquakes.
“Nittele Tower has four different types of damping devices installed, 2 TMD’s for habitability under wind induced vibrations, 32 oil dampers for wind induced vibrations and weak/ medium class earthquakes, 64 unbonded bracing dampers and 312 link beam dampers for extremely strong earthquakes.”[1] (Advanced structural wind engineering, 2013, Springer, Tokyo ; Heidelberg.)
See also
References
- ↑ Tamura, Y; Kareem, A, eds. (19 July 2013). Advanced structural wind engineering. Tokyo: springer. ISBN 9784431543374. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links
- Media related to Shiodome NTV Tower at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)