Yokohama Landmark Tower

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name= Yokohama Landmark Tower


previous_building=
Official_website= [http://www.landmark.ne.jp/]
year_highest=
year_started built= 1990
year_finished= 1993
location= Yokohama, Japan
height_meters= 295.8
height_feet= 970
height_stories= 70
construction_period=1990-1993
cost=
emporis_id= 105181
roof= convert|295.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on
top_floor=
antenna_spire=
floor Count= 70
Basement Floors= 3
floor_area= convert|392000|m2|sqft|-3|abbr=on
elevator_count= 79
architect= Stubbins Associates
main_contractor= Shimizu Corporation, Mitsubishi EstateThe nihongo|Yokohama Landmark Tower|横浜ランドマークタワー|Yokohama Randomāku Tawā is the tallest building in Japan, standing convert|295.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on high. It is located in the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, right next to Yokohama Museum of Art. Work on the building was finished in 1993.

The building contains a five star hotel which occupies floors 49-70. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the buildings.

On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can enjoy a 360-degree view of the city, and on clear days Mount Fuji.

The tower contains the world's second fastest elevator, which reaches speeds of convert|12.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on per second (45.0 km/h, 28.0 mi/h). This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in approximately 40 seconds. [ [http://www.yokohama-landmark.jp/sisetsu/sky/index.html About Sky Garden] . Retrieved on 20 August 2008 ja icon] The world's fastest elevator is housed in the Taipei 101.Fact|date=August 2008

The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates, now KlingStubbins.

ee also

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

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References

External links

* [http://www.yokohama-landmark.jp/english/ The Landmark Tower] en icon