Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Plaza of Flowers 2018

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Office Lobby 2018

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Retail L2 2018

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Plaza of Water 2018

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Sprouting Garden 2018

is a 227,200-square-meter mixed-use development in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2016, it includes office, residential, commercial, hotel, and leisure space. Tokyo Garden Terrace takes up 30,400 square meters previously occupied by the

Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka The was an upscale hotel in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The site of the former hotel is now the location of a mixed-use development named Tokyo Garden Terrace. A design of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, the hotel was well known for its "distinct ...

, across the moat from Akasaka-mitsuke Station, and adjacent to the

Hotel New Otani is a chain of hotels headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.Hotel Overview
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. The primary developer is Seibu Properties working in concert with several partners. The project master design was created by architectural firm

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;

Nikken Sekkei Nikken Sekkei (日建設計) is an architectural, planning and engineering firm from Japan, with headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Today (2019), Nikken Sekkei ranks as the second largest architectural practice in the world. Staff and Offices As o ...

is the local architect of record.

Site History

The former

on the site was demolished in 2013. The original hotel structure designed by

Kenzo Tange is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...

, was scheduled for closure at the end of March 2011, due to outdated building facilities and modifications in Tokyo building codes. In the wake of the

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...

the hotel remained open and served as a temporary housing facility for evacuees from coastal regions of Fukushima Prefecture.

Buildings

Office and hotel tower

Tokyo Garden Terrace main tower provides 110,000 meters of office space and 28,700 meters of hotel accommodation in a 180m, 36-floor high-rise building. The Prince Gallery Kioichō, the hotel component, opened in July 2016. The hotel is located on floors 30 to 36 of the main tower and operated by Seibu Holdings as a franchise of

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Residential tower

A separate residential tower provides 22,700 meters of accommodation in a 90m, 21-floor high-rise tower.

Kitashirakawa Palace

The Kitashirakawa Palace has been refurbished as a banquet facility, known as Akasaka Prince Classic House. The historic structure was built in the 1930s as the residence of

Yi Un Prince Imperial Yeong, Yi Un, Crown Prince Uimin (also Euimin), also known as Yi Un, Yi Eun, Lee Eun and Un Yi (20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970), was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last crown ...

, the last crown prince of Korea. The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho Atrium 2018.jpg , The Prince Gallery Kioichō Tokyo Garden Terrace Residence 2018.jpg, Residential tower The Classic House at Akasaka Prince 201806.jpg, Kitashirakawa Palace

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