Nittele Tower Explained

Shiodome NTV Tower
Native Name:日本テレビタワー
Native Name Lang:ja
Location City:Minato, Tokyo
Location Country:Japan
Destruction Date:-->
Owner:Nippon Television
Height:1921NaN1
Architecture Firm:Richard Rogers Partnership, Mitsubishi Estate
Main Contractor:Shimizu Corporation
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The 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.)

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tamura . Y . Kareem . A . Advanced structural wind engineering . 19 July 2013 . springer . Tokyo . 9784431543374 . 10 March 2021.