The , or ''New Inner Circle Building'', is one of the highest buildings in Chiyoda ward in

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. The building was completed on April 19, 2007, and opened to the public on April 27, 2007. It is often called "Shin Maru Biru" for short.

Overview

The previous eight story high was built there in 1952. The construction work of the current building began on March 15, 2005, and the building was one of the commercial complex buildings in Marunouchi Manhattan Plan, a redevelopment project in the Marunouchi area, following to the Marunouchi OAZO and the Tokyo Building TOKIA. The building was designed by Hopkins Architects of London. The building contains office floors, and 153 stores are housed in total.The Shin Marunouchi Building Outline
The total construction cost was about 90 billion yen, and constructed by the

Takenaka Corporation is one of five major general contractors in Japan. Takenaka provides architectural, engineering, and construction services and has its headquarters located in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Takenaka has eight domestic offices in Japan with ...

. The building was designed by British architect Sir Michael Hopkins, who won the Special Award of the Civic Trust Award for Sustainability in 2002.The Shin Marunouchi Building Concept
The basement floor connects to

Tokyo Station Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...

, as well as other nearby buildings.

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The Shin-Marunouchi Building

Shin-Marunouchi Tower
at the Hopkins Associates official website Marunouchi Office buildings completed in 2007 Buildings and structures in Chiyoda, Tokyo Mitsubishi Estate Retail buildings in Tokyo Skyscraper office buildings in Tokyo 2007 establishments in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub