Landmark Tower (Randomaku Tawa) - Yokohama, Japan
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N 35° 27.260 E 139° 37.870
54S E 375782 N 3924289
The Yokohama Landmark Tower (Yokohama Randomaku Tawa) is the tallest building and 3rd tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3 m (972 ft) high.
Waymark Code: WMA83N
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Date Posted: 11/30/2010
Views: 13
The Yokohama Landmark Tower is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, right next to Yokohama Museum of Art. Work on the building was finished in 1993. It has the highest observation deck in Japan. The tower also was originally the tallest building in the world on an island, but was surpassed by Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan in 2004.
The building contains a five-star hotel which occupies floors 49-70, with 603 rooms in total. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the building.
On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city, and on clear days Mount Fuji.
The tower contains the world's 2nd fastest elevators, originally world's fastest, which reach speeds of 12.5 m/s (41.01 ft/s) (45.0 km/h, 28.0 mi/h). This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in approximately 40 seconds. The elevators's speed record is surpassed by elevators of Taipei 101 (60.6 km/h, 37.7 mi/h) in 2004.
The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates, now KlingStubbins.
Building Name: Yokohama Landmark Tower
Structure Height: 972
Number of Stories: 71
Year Built: 1993
Architect/Design Firm: Hugh Stubbins and Associates (now KlingStubbins)
Style: Post-Modern
Use: Other
Publicly accessible areas:
The building contains a five-star hotel which occupies floors 49-70, with 603 rooms in total. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices.
Address:
2-2-1 Minato Mirai
District: Nishi-ku
Yokohama
Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Building Website: [Web Link]
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link]
Hours: Not listed
Cost: Not listed
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