The Dentsu Building or is a high-rise building in the Shiodome area of

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, Japan. The building houses the corporate offices of

Dentsu , simply known as , stylized as dentsu, is a Japanese international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Dentsu is the largest advertising agency in Japan and the fifth largest advertising agency network in ...

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48 floors rise to 213.34 m (700 ft), it is the twelfth-tallest building in Tokyo and second-tallest in Shiodome, next to Shiodome City Center. It was designed by French architect

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and completed in 2002. It was built over the site of Tokyo's first train station, and sits aside the Hamarikyu Gardens, formerly the site of a ''

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''s vacation home. The Dentsu building is an example of contemporary architecture, featuring collectors on the roof to utilize

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water for its plumbing system, as well as ceramic dots on the windows which, in concert with computerized window shades, control

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expenditure. The Dentsu building has 70 elevators, including a special elevator reserved only for VIPs and executive management. With the exception of

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, all waste materials produced in the construction of the Dentsu Building were

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. In 2021, the building was sold to an SPE composed of Hulic, Mizuho Leasing, etc. Caretta inside restaurant 2015.jpg, Caretta Shopping Arcade Dentsu Headquarters Building Outside space 2015.jpg, Outside open space Dentsu Headquarters Building Sky Restaurants 46F 201605.jpg, Sky Restaurants in 46/F Caretta Shiodome at night 1.jpeg, Caretta Shiodome during Christmas in 2014 Ad Museum Tokyo.JPG, Ad Museum

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