Taisei Corporation

CTBUH Silver Member

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2011

Member Offices: Tokyo

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	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

Award of Excellence: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

Renovation Award 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Yozo Shinozaki

CTBUH Working Group: Demolition, 2014 – Present

Tokyo

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	X-Seed 4000	Tokyo	-	4,000 m / 13,123 ft	800	Residential / Hotel / Office
2	Aquarius	Tokyo	-	800 m / 2,625 ft	200	N/A
3	T-Growth		-	700 m / 2,297 ft	170	Multiple
4	Taisei 480	Tokyo	-	480 m / 1,575 ft	100	Multiple
5	Almas Tower	Dubai	2008	360 m / 1,181 ft	68	Office
6	Landmark Tower	Yokohama	1993	296.3 m / 972 ft	73	Hotel / Office
7	Midtown Tower	Tokyo	2007	247.9 m / 813 ft	54	Hotel / Office
8	JR Central Office Tower	Nagoya	2000	245 m / 804 ft	51	Office
9	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	1988	243.5 m / 799 ft	50	Office
10	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building	Tokyo	1991	243.4 m / 799 ft	48	Office
11	Sunshine 60 Tower	Tokyo	1978	240 m / 787 ft	60	Office
12	Shinjuku Park Tower	Tokyo	1994	232.6 m / 763 ft	52	Hotel / Office
13	Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower	Tokyo	2016	230.8 m / 757 ft	43	Office
14	JR Central Hotel Tower	Nagoya	2000	226 m / 741 ft	53	Hotel
15	Shinjuku Center Building	Tokyo	1979	222.8 m / 731 ft	54	Office / Retail
16	Shinjuku Sumitomo Building	Tokyo	2020	211.4 m / 693 ft	52	Office
17	JR Gate Tower	Nagoya	2016	211.1 m / 693 ft	46	Office / Hotel / Retail
18	Lippo Plaza	Shanghai	1998	204 m / 669 ft	38	Office
19	Sompo Japan Head Office Building	Tokyo	1976	200 m / 656 ft	43	Office
20	The Otemachi Tower	Tokyo	2013	199.7 m / 655 ft	38	Hotel / Office
21	Toshima Ecomusee Town	Tokyo	2015	189 m / 620 ft	50	Residential / Office
22	The Okura Prestige Tower	Tokyo	2019	184.3 m / 604 ft	39	Hotel / Office
23	Owl Tower	Tokyo	2011	182.8 m / 600 ft	52	Residential
24	Shibuya Hikarie	Tokyo	2012	182.5 m / 599 ft	34	Office / Exhibition / Retail
25	Century Park Tower	Tokyo	1998	180 m / 591 ft	54	Residential
26	Nagoya Lucent Tower	Nagoya	2007	180 m / 591 ft	40	Office
27	Toranomon 2 Chome District Redevelopment	Tokyo	2023	180 m / 591 ft	38	Office
28	Toyosu Bayside Cross	Tokyo	2020	180 m / 591 ft	37	Hotel / Office
29	Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Building	Tokyo	2007	176 m / 577 ft	38	Office
30	Park Axis Aoyama 1-chome Tower	Tokyo	2007	172.4 m / 566 ft	46	Residential
31	Queen's Tower A	Yokohama	1995	171.8 m / 564 ft	36	Office
32	msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower S	Tokyo	2018	170 m / 558 ft	30	Office
33	JT Building	Tokyo	1995	169.7 m / 557 ft	35	Office
34	Land Axis Tower	Saitama	2002	168.3 m / 552 ft	35	Office
35	JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower	Tokyo	2016	168 m / 551 ft	33	Office / Retail
36	Sapia Tower	Tokyo	2007	167.2 m / 549 ft	35	Hotel / Office
37	Toyosu Center Building	Tokyo	1992	165.2 m / 542 ft	37	Office
38	Twin Parks Left Wing	Tokyo	2002	165 m / 541 ft	47	Residential
38	Twin Parks Right Wing	Tokyo	2002	165 m / 541 ft	47	Residential
40	Waterras Tower	Tokyo	2013	164.9 m / 541 ft	41	Office / Residential / Retail
41	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building II	Tokyo	1991	163.3 m / 536 ft	34	Office
42	Shinjuku Maynds Tower	Tokyo	1995	161 m / 528 ft	34	Office
43	Tornare Nihonbashi Hamacho Tower	Tokyo	2005	159.7 m / 524 ft	47	Residential
44	Brillia Tower Tokyo	Tokyo	2006	159.1 m / 522 ft	45	Residential
45	Prudential Tower	Tokyo	2002	158.4 m / 520 ft	38	Residential / Office
46	Twin 21 MID Tower	Osaka	1986	157 m / 515 ft	38	Office
46	Twin 21 National Tower	Osaka	1986	157 m / 515 ft	38	Office
48	Kasumigaseki Common Gate East Building	Tokyo	2007	156.7 m / 514 ft	33	Office
49	NTT DoCoMo Sumida Building	Tokyo	2003	156 m / 512 ft	27	Office
50	Tokyo Dome Hotel	Tokyo	2000	155 m / 509 ft	43	Hotel
51	Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Z	Tokyo	2000	155 m / 509 ft	35	Office
52	Bank of Communications Tower	Hong Kong	1996	155 m / 509 ft	33	Office
53	Hilltop Tower	Tokyo	2005	153.9 m / 505 ft	47	Residential
54	Garden Air Tower	Tokyo	2003	152.6 m / 501 ft	35	Office
55	Yokohama Mitsui Building	Yokohama	2012	152.2 m / 499 ft	31	Office
56	Mitsubishi Jyuko Yokohama Building	Yokohama	1993	151.9 m / 498 ft	34	Office
57	Symbol Tower	Takamatsu	2003	151.3 m / 496 ft	30	Office
58	Odakyu Southern Tower	Tokyo	1998	151 m / 495 ft	36	Hotel / Office
59	Air Rise Tower	Tokyo	2007	150.6 m / 494 ft	42	Residential
60	NTT DoCoMo Tohoku Building	Sendai, Miyagi	2004	150 m / 492 ft	21	Office
61	NTT Cred Motomachi Building	Hiroshima	1993	150 m / 492 ft	35	Hotel
62	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Building	Tokyo	2003	147 m / 482 ft	32	Office
63	Meiji Yasuda Life Building	Tokyo	2004	146.8 m / 482 ft	30	Hotel / Office
64	CO･MO･RE Yotsuya	Tokyo	2020	144.7 m / 475 ft	31	Office / Residential
65	D'Graffito Sapporo Station Tower	Sapporo	2007	143.2 m / 470 ft	40	Residential
66	Otemachi Nomura Building	Tokyo	1997	138.1 m / 453 ft	27	Office
67	Queen's Tower B	Yokohama	1997	137.8 m / 452 ft	28	Office / Retail
68	Proud Tower Chiyoda Fujimi	Tokyo	2009	136.9 m / 449 ft	38	Residential
69	Tekko Building	Tokyo	2015	135 m / 443 ft	26	Office
70	Nakano-Sakaue Sun Bright Twin	Tokyo	1996	134 m / 440 ft	30	Office / Retail
71	Shinjuku NS Building	Tokyo	1982	133.8 m / 439 ft	30	Office
72	Shiodome Building	Tokyo	2007	133.5 m / 438 ft	26	Office
73	Tokyo ANA Tower	Tokyo	1986	132.9 m / 436 ft	36	Hotel / Retail
74	D Tower Nishi-Shinjuku	Tokyo	2020	132.3 m / 434 ft	29	Residential / Office
75	Shinjuku Kokusai Building - Hilton Tokyo	Tokyo	1984	130.3 m / 427 ft	38	Hotel
76	Meiji Yasuda Seimei Shinjuku Building	Tokyo	2025	129 m / 423 ft	23	Office
77	Ochanomizu Sola City	Tokyo	2013	127.4 m / 418 ft	23	Office
78	Tokyo Square Garden	Tokyo	2013	124.4 m / 408 ft	26	Office / Retail
79	Ginza Mitsui Building	Tokyo	2005	121.3 m / 398 ft	24	Hotel / Office
80	Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Building	Tokyo	2009	120.1 m / 394 ft	21	Office
81	Shinagawa Goos	Tokyo	1971	118.8 m / 390 ft	30	Hotel
82	Jingumae Tower Building	Tokyo	2017	115.3 m / 378 ft	23	Office
83	Toranomon Kotohira Tower	Tokyo	2004	115.2 m / 378 ft	26	Office
84	Lions Tower Sendai Nagamachi	Sendai, Miyagi	1999	114 m / 374 ft	31	Residential
85	Tradepia Odaiba	Tokyo	2001	114 m / 374 ft	24	Office
86	Shin-Gofukubashi Building	Tokyo	1977	112.5 m / 369 ft	21	Office
87	Bunkyo Garden Gate Tower	Tokyo	2021	110.7 m / 363 ft	23	Residential / Office
88	Lions Tower Sendai Hirose	Sendai, Miyagi	2003	109.9 m / 361 ft	32	Residential
89	Queen's Tower C	Yokohama	1997	109.1 m / 358 ft	21	Office / Retail
90	M.M. Towers the West	Yokohama	2003	109 m / 358 ft	30	Residential
91	Kokusai Fashion Center	Tokyo	2000	107.1 m / 351 ft	26	Hotel / Office / Retail
92	Kakyoin Square	Sendai, Miyagi	1999	106.3 m / 349 ft	23	Office
93	Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu	Yokohama	1997	105.2 m / 345 ft	25	Hotel
94	Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Building	Tokyo	2003	104.9 m / 344 ft	22	Office
95	Tokyo Baycourt Club Hotel and Spa Resort	Tokyo	2008	101.1 m / 332 ft	26	Hotel
96	UrbanNet Otemachi Building	Tokyo	1990	96.3 m / 316 ft	22	Office
97	Jonai Tower	Kitakyushu	2005	95.4 m / 313 ft	27	Residential
98	TBS Broadcasting Center	Tokyo	1994	95.1 m / 312 ft	20	Office
99	The Ice Cubes	Tokyo	2008	66.4 m / 218 ft	10	Office / Retail
100	The Okura Heritage Wing	Tokyo	2019	64.4 m / 211 ft	12	Hotel
101	Hotel Okura South Wing	Tokyo	1973	m / ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 13 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,148 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.	13	Hotel
102	Centara Grand Hotel Osaka	Osaka	2023	-	34	Hotel
103	Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Headquarters	Tokyo	2028	-	20	Office

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.