Construction
Located at the center of the Tokyo Midtown development, Midtown Tower is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At 248.1 meters (814 ft), it is the current tallest building in Tokyo and has held this title since the primary construction of the building was completed in January 2007. Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the offices had been open since February. The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and Taisei Corporations.
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“There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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