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Tokyo Skytree: Exterior · Tokyo Skytree in November 2023
1/8 · Exterior · Tokyo Skytree in November 2023Photo: Akonnchiroll · CC0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Exterior
2/8 · ExteriorPhoto: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Exterior
3/8 · ExteriorPhoto: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Interior
4/8 · InteriorPhoto: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Interior · Escalator to Oshiage train station @ Tokyo Skytree
5/8 · Interior · Escalator to Oshiage train station @ Tokyo SkytreePhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Detail
6/8 · DetailPhoto: Cheng-en Cheng · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Elevation · Tokyo Sky Tree - Silhouette & Cross section: Mostly self drawn image
7/8 · Elevation · Tokyo Sky Tree - Silhouette & Cross section: Mostly self drawn imagePhoto: Namazu-tron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Tokyo Skytree: Model
8/8 · ModelPhoto: 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Tokyo Skytree in November 2023Photo 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: InteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Escalator to Oshiage train station @ Tokyo SkytreePhoto 6: DetailPhoto 7: Elevation · Tokyo Sky Tree - Silhouette & Cross section: Mostly self drawn imagePhoto 8: Model

Infrastructure · Contemporary

Tokyo Skytree

Nikken Sekkei · Tokyo, Japan · 2012

Key featuresTriangular base morphs into a round plan, with a concrete core acting as a pagoda-style damping column.

Architect
Nikken Sekkei
Place
Tokyo, Japan
Year
2012
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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