The is a structural expressionist office building located in
Minato
Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to:
Places
* Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan
* Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan
* Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan
* Minato (湊), a neig ...
, Tokyo, Japan. It houses the headquarters of
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed ...
. 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.”
(Advanced structural wind engineering, 2013, Springer, Tokyo ; Heidelberg.)''
See also
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Ghibli Clock
The Ghibli Clock (officially called ''NI-Tele Really BIG Clock'') is a large clock and sculpture designed by Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, h ...
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Buildings and structures in Minato, Tokyo
High-tech architecture
Nippon TV
Office buildings completed in 2004
Shiodome
Skyscraper office buildings in Tokyo
Richard Rogers buildings
Mitsubishi Estate
2004 establishments in Japan
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