Dentsu Building Explained

Dentsu Building
Location:Shiodome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates:35.6644°N 139.7624°W
Start Date:1999
Completion Date:2002
Building Type:Office
Antenna Spire:213.34m (699.93feet)
Roof:210.09m (689.27feet)
Floor Count:53 (48 above ground, 5 underground)
Elevator Count:70
Architect:Jean Nouvel
The Jerde Partnership
Obayashi Corporation
Main Contractor:Obayashi Corporation
Shimizu Corporation
Kajima Construction
Taisei Corporation
Takenaka Corporation
Owner:Dentsu (until 2021)
Trustee in real estate: Mizuho Trust & Banking
Beneficiary: Shibaguchibashi Investment LLC (Hulic, Mizuho Leasing, etc.)

The Dentsu Building or is a high-rise building in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The building houses the corporate offices of Dentsu.

Description

48 floors rise to 213.34 m (700 ft), it is the twelfth-tallest building in Tokyo[1] and second-tallest in Shiodome,[2] next to Shiodome City Center. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and completed in 2002.[3] It was built over the site of Tokyo's first train station, and sits aside the Hamarikyu Gardens, formerly the site of a shōguns vacation home. The Dentsu building is an example of contemporary architecture, featuring collectors on the roof to utilize rainwater for its plumbing system, as well as ceramic dots on the windows which, in concert with computerized window shades, control climate control expenditure. The Dentsu building has 70 elevators, including a special elevator reserved only for VIPs and executive management.

With the exception of sludge, all waste materials produced in the construction of the Dentsu Building were recycled.

In 2021, the building was sold to an SPE composed of Hulic, Mizuho Leasing, etc.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 日本の高層ビル高さランキングTOP10 . Japanese sky scrapers height ranking top 10. ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021055445/https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2139441444085039001 . 22 September 2016 . 21 October 2017. 21 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Shisetsu shōkai . Facilities . ja . Shiodome Sio-site Town Management . 21 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Jean Nouvel. Jean Nouvel. 2017-08-07.