Office & tower · Modernism

Kasumigaseki Building

Yamashita Sekkei with Mitsui Fudosan · Tokyo, Japan · 1968

Key featuresJapan's first modern skyscraper, 36 floors on a flexible steel frame built to ride out earthquakes.

• Structure as expression
• Steel & glass
• Public space

Architect

Yamashita Sekkei with Mitsui Fudosan

Place

Tokyo, Japan

Year

1968

Typology

Office & tower

Movement

Modernism

Region

East Asia