Yokohama Landmark Tower

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The Landmark Tower, in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama.

View from the viewing platform of the Landmark Tower.

Landmark Tower at nighttime

The is the tallest building in Japan. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city. Its height is about 295.8 meters (970 feet). The building contains a hotel which occupies floors 49-70. The lower 48 floors are used as offices and retail. Work on the building was finished in the year 1993. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the buildings, designed to reduce sway.

The tower also contains the world's second fastest elevator, which travels at 1 floor per second, reaching the 60th floor at the top in around 1 minute.

The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates.

Landmark Tower was also the name of a tower in Fort Worth, Texas. It was imploded on March 18, 2006.

See also

• List of the world's tallest structures
• List of skyscrapers

External links

• [Yokohama Landmark]

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