CTBUH Silver Member

Taisei Corporation

About

Member Since: 2011

Member Offices: Tokyo

Website: http://www.taisei.co.jp

Since 1873, Taisei Corporation has undertaken many notable projects in Japan and overseas. Their corporate roots coincided with Japan's development as a modern nation and they have continuously met the demands of a changing era and people's aspirations for the future through sound construction operations.

As the world enters the second century of modern urban construction, there is a strong need to preserve historic scenery, protect the environment and create attractive public and private spaces. Taisei Corporation is responding with even more advanced technologies through research and development.

With a capital position among the strongest in the industry, they are redoubling efforts to produce world-class, leading-edge technologies. Operations extend internationally, including the construction of dams and other environmental and infrastructure projects in developing nations.

Fields of Expertise

Construction / Contractor

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 Almas Tower
360 m / 1,181  ft
2 Landmark Tower
296.3 m / 972  ft
3 Midtown Tower
247.9 m / 813  ft
4 JR Central Office Tower
245 m / 804  ft
5 Menara Maybank
243.5 m / 799  ft
6 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
243.4 m / 799  ft
7 Sunshine 60 Tower
240 m / 787  ft
8 Shinjuku Park Tower
232.6 m / 763  ft
9 Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower
230.8 m / 757  ft
10 JR Central Hotel Tower
226 m / 741  ft

Awards

Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

Award of Excellence: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

Renovation Award 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Yozo Shinozaki

Yozo Shinozaki

CTBUH Working Group: Demolition, 2014 – Present

Tokyo

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 X-Seed 4000

4,000 m / 13,123 ft

2 Aquarius

800 m / 2,625 ft

3 T-Growth

700 m / 2,297 ft

4 Taisei 480

480 m / 1,575 ft

5 Almas Tower

360 m / 1,181 ft

6 Landmark Tower

296 m / 972 ft

7 Midtown Tower

248 m / 813 ft

8 JR Central Office Tower

245 m / 804 ft

9 Menara Maybank

244 m / 799 ft

10 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

243 m / 799 ft

11 Sunshine 60 Tower

240 m / 787 ft

12 Shinjuku Park Tower

233 m / 763 ft

13 Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower

231 m / 757 ft

14 JR Central Hotel Tower

226 m / 741 ft

15 Shinjuku Center Building

223 m / 731 ft

16 Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

211 m / 693 ft

17 JR Gate Tower

211 m / 693 ft

18 Lippo Plaza

204 m / 669 ft

19 Sompo Japan Head Office Building

200 m / 656 ft

20 The Otemachi Tower

200 m / 655 ft

21 Toshima Ecomusee Town

189 m / 620 ft

22 The Okura Prestige Tower

184 m / 604 ft

23 Owl Tower

183 m / 600 ft

24 Shibuya Hikarie

183 m / 599 ft

25 Century Park Tower

180 m / 591 ft

26 Nagoya Lucent Tower

180 m / 591 ft

27 Toranomon 2 Chome District Redevelopment

180 m / 591 ft

28 Toyosu Bayside Cross

180 m / 591 ft

29 Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Building

176 m / 577 ft

30 Park Axis Aoyama 1-chome Tower

172 m / 566 ft

31 Queen's Tower A

172 m / 564 ft

32 msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower S

170 m / 558 ft

33 JT Building

170 m / 557 ft

34 Land Axis Tower

168 m / 552 ft

35 JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower

168 m / 551 ft

36 Sapia Tower

167 m / 549 ft

37 Toyosu Center Building

165 m / 542 ft

38 Twin Parks Left Wing

165 m / 541 ft

38 Twin Parks Right Wing

165 m / 541 ft

40 Waterras Tower

165 m / 541 ft

41 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building II

163 m / 536 ft

42 Shinjuku Maynds Tower

161 m / 528 ft

43 Tornare Nihonbashi Hamacho Tower

160 m / 524 ft

44 Brillia Tower Tokyo

159 m / 522 ft

45 Prudential Tower

158 m / 520 ft

46 Twin 21 MID Tower

157 m / 515 ft

46 Twin 21 National Tower

157 m / 515 ft

48 Kasumigaseki Common Gate East Building

157 m / 514 ft

49 NTT DoCoMo Sumida Building

156 m / 512 ft

50 Tokyo Dome Hotel

155 m / 509 ft

51 Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Z

155 m / 509 ft

52 Bank of Communications Tower

155 m / 509 ft

53 Hilltop Tower

154 m / 505 ft

54 Garden Air Tower

153 m / 501 ft

55 Yokohama Mitsui Building

152 m / 499 ft

56 Mitsubishi Jyuko Yokohama Building

152 m / 498 ft

57 Symbol Tower

151 m / 496 ft

58 Odakyu Southern Tower

151 m / 495 ft

59 Air Rise Tower

151 m / 494 ft

60 NTT DoCoMo Tohoku Building

150 m / 492 ft

61 NTT Cred Motomachi Building

150 m / 492 ft

62 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Building

147 m / 482 ft

63 Meiji Yasuda Life Building

147 m / 482 ft

64 COï½¥MOï½¥RE Yotsuya

145 m / 475 ft

65 D'Graffito Sapporo Station Tower

143 m / 470 ft

66 Otemachi Nomura Building

138 m / 453 ft

67 Queen's Tower B

138 m / 452 ft

68 Proud Tower Chiyoda Fujimi

137 m / 449 ft

69 Tekko Building

135 m / 443 ft

70 Nakano-Sakaue Sun Bright Twin

134 m / 440 ft

71 Shinjuku NS Building

134 m / 439 ft

72 Shiodome Building

134 m / 438 ft

73 Tokyo ANA Tower

133 m / 436 ft

74 Big-i

133 m / 435 ft

75 D Tower Nishi-Shinjuku

132 m / 434 ft

76 Shinjuku Kokusai Building - Hilton Tokyo

130 m / 427 ft

77 Meiji Yasuda Seimei Shinjuku Building

129 m / 423 ft

78 Ochanomizu Sola City

127 m / 418 ft

79 Tokyo Square Garden

124 m / 408 ft

80 Ginza Mitsui Building

121 m / 398 ft

81 Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Building

120 m / 394 ft

82 Shinagawa Goos

119 m / 390 ft

83 Jingumae Tower Building

115 m / 378 ft

84 Toranomon Kotohira Tower

115 m / 378 ft

85 Lions Tower Sendai Nagamachi

114 m / 374 ft

86 Tradepia Odaiba

114 m / 374 ft

87 Shin-Gofukubashi Building

113 m / 369 ft

88 Bunkyo Garden Gate Tower

111 m / 363 ft

89 Lions Tower Sendai Hirose

110 m / 361 ft

90 Queen's Tower C

109 m / 358 ft

91 M.M. Towers the West

109 m / 358 ft

92 Kokusai Fashion Center

107 m / 351 ft

93 Kakyoin Square

106 m / 349 ft

94 Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu

105 m / 345 ft

95 Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Building

105 m / 344 ft

96 Family Villa Naeba Tower

104 m / 342 ft

97 Tokyo Baycourt Club Hotel and Spa Resort

101 m / 332 ft

98 UrbanNet Otemachi Building

96 m / 316 ft

99 Jonai Tower

95 m / 313 ft

100 TBS Broadcasting Center

95 m / 312 ft

101 The Ice Cubes

66 m / 218 ft

102 The Okura Heritage Wing

64 m / 211 ft

103 Hotel Okura South Wing

50 m

164 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 13 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,190 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
104 Centara Grand Hotel Osaka

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105 Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Headquarters

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Taisei Corporation

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

2016 China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum

08 July 2016

The third China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum was held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, on the topic of "Innovative Motion Engineering in Tall Buildings."

International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 3 No. 1

01 March 2014

The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 3: Number 1 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.

CTBUH Explores Demolition Phase of Tall Building Life Cycle

11 December 2013

One of the least studied parts of a tall building life is its end-of-life scenario yet many buildings are now approaching the end of their service life.

International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 1 No. 2

01 June 2012

The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 1: Number 2 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.