CTBUH Silver Member

Nikken Sekkei Ltd

About

Member Since: 1991

Member Offices: Tokyo

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

At the turn of the 20th Century, as modernism was entering the realm of architectural thought, a small company of 29 visionary architects, designers and engineers was formed to construct a new library in Osaka. The wide critical acclaim the structure received resulted in continuance of the firm.

Now, with over 2,500 employees and projects in 50 countries, Nikken Sekkei enjoys the distinction of being among the largest — and to many, the most successful — architectural design firms in the world. By the 1930’s, they had instituted a prototype for a design review system, later evolving into their “Design Process Innovation” which aims to enhance collective creative thinking.

Their projects have had an immense impact on the urban skyline, especially in the Pacific Rim where their presence has been most strongly felt since the beginning of the 21st Century.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

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 Tokyo Sky Tree
634 m / 2,080  ft
2 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1
360 m / 1,181  ft
3 SUNAC Center Tower 1
343.5 m / 1,127  ft
4 Riyadh Tower
338 m / 1,109  ft
5 Tokyo Tower
332.9 m / 1,092  ft
6 One Za'abeel Tower 1
330 m / 1,083  ft
7 Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment
284 m / 932  ft
8 Forte Tower 1
281.3 m / 923  ft
9 One Lujiazui
269.1 m / 883  ft
10 Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza
262.4 m / 861  ft

Awards

Tadawul Tower

Award of Excellence: Tadawul Tower

Best Tall Building, by Region, Middle East & Africa 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Jan Henckens

Jan Henckens

CTBUH Regional Hub, Asia Steering Committee, 2023 – Present

Tokyo

Ken Miyoshi

Ken Miyoshi

CTBUH Awards Repositioning Jury, 2023

Tokyo

Associated companies

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 Hanoi Broadcast Tower

636 m

2,087 ft

2 Tokyo Sky Tree

634 m

2,080 ft

3 Metropoliya Tower 1

364 m

1,194 ft

4 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1

360 m

1,181 ft

5 W350 Tower

350 m

1,148 ft

6 SUNAC Center Tower 1

343.5 m

1,127 ft

7 Riyadh Tower

338 m

1,109 ft

8 Tokyo Tower

332.9 m

1,092 ft

9 One Za'abeel Tower 1

330 m

1,083 ft

10 Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment

284 m

932 ft

11 Forte Tower 1

281.3 m

923 ft

12 One Lujiazui

269.1 m

883 ft

13 Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza

262.4 m

861 ft

14 Menara Astra

261.5 m

858 ft

15 Cadre City Plaza West Tower

257 m

843 ft

16 Rinku Gate Tower

256 m

840 ft

16 Rinku Gate Tower 2

256 m

840 ft

18 Osaka World Trade Center

256 m

840 ft

19 Midtown Tower

247.9 m

813 ft

20 Midland Square

247 m

810 ft

21 Beijing Television Center

239 m

784 ft

22 One Za'abeel Tower 2

235 m

771 ft

23 World Trade Center North

235 m

771 ft

24 Fukuoka Tower

234 m

768 ft

25 AI W Tower

230.9 m

758 ft

26 Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower

230.8 m

757 ft

27 The Iconic Landmark Tower

229 m

751 ft

28 Taiping Finance Tower

228 m

748 ft

29 CITIC Plaza

228 m

748 ft

30 Trade Tower

228 m

748 ft

31 Bank of China Tower

226.1 m

742 ft

32 Yaesu 2 Chome Central District Category 1 Urban Redevelopment Project

226 m

741 ft

33 St. Luke's Tower

220.6 m

724 ft

34 Newport Plaza

215 m

705 ft

35 The Suzhou Modern Media Plaza 1

214.8 m

705 ft

36 Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

211.4 m

693 ft

37 JR Gate Tower

211.1 m

693 ft

38 Pudong International Information Port

211 m

692 ft

39 Taiping Financial Tower

208 m

682 ft

40 GranTokyo North Tower

205 m

673 ft

41 GranTokyo South Tower

205 m

673 ft

42 Cadre City Plaza East Tower

202 m

663 ft

43 Izumi Garden Tower

201 m

659 ft

44 Tadawul Tower

200 m

656 ft

45 Otemachi One Tower

200 m

656 ft

46 The Yomiuri Shimbun Building

200 m

656 ft

47 AI X Tower

199.9 m

656 ft

48 Nakanoshima Festival Tower West

199.3 m

654 ft

49 Nakanoshima Festival Tower

199 m

653 ft

50 Tower 52

198 m

650 ft

51 World Trade Center South Tower

197.3 m

647 ft

52 One Dojima

195 m

640 ft

53 KEPCO Headquarters

195 m

640 ft

54 N6E Building

190 m

623 ft

55 Lujiazui Century Tower 1

190 m

623 ft

56 Dalian Sightseeing Tower

190 m

623 ft

57 Umeda 3Chome Project

188 m

617 ft

58 Suzhou Taiping Finance Centre

187.8 m

616 ft

59 Umeda Hankyu Building

187 m

614 ft

60 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 1

185 m

607 ft

60 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 2

185 m

607 ft

62 Aurora Plaza, Pudong

185 m

607 ft

63 Fuyu

184.9 m

607 ft

64 Shinjuku Oak Tower

183.8 m

603 ft

65 Shibuya Hikarie

182.5 m

599 ft

66 Tokyo Nihonbashi Tower

182.2 m

598 ft

67 msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower N

180.1 m

591 ft

68 NEC Supertower

180 m

591 ft

69 Citigroup Tower

180 m

591 ft

70 Toyosu Bayside Cross

180 m

591 ft

71 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Tower

180 m

591 ft

72 Peace Tower

180 m

591 ft

73 Grand Front Osaka Tower A

179.4 m

588 ft

74 Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Building West

179.3 m

588 ft

75 Aki

177 m

581 ft

76 Shin Kong Place T1

176.3 m

578 ft

76 Shin Kong Place T2

176.3 m

578 ft

78 Forte Tower 2

176 m

577 ft

79 Grand Front Osaka Tower B

175.2 m

575 ft

80 Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y

175 m

574 ft

81 Cayan Cantara Branded Residences

175 m

574 ft

82 JR Tower

173 m

568 ft

83 Queen's Tower A

171.8 m

564 ft

84 City Towers Toyosu North Tower

171.2 m

562 ft

85 Kyobashi EDOGRAND

170.4 m

559 ft

86 Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers

170 m

558 ft

87 msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower S

170 m

558 ft

88 Kansai Electric Power Kobe Building

170 m

558 ft

89 JT Building

169.7 m

557 ft

90 Land Axis Tower

168.3 m

552 ft

91 Central Park La Tour Shinjuku

167.8 m

551 ft

92 City Towers Toyosu South Tower

166.9 m

548 ft

93 Toyosu Center Building

165.2 m

542 ft

94 Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower

165 m

541 ft

95 The SuzhouModern Media Plaza 2

164.9 m

541 ft

96 Shibuya Upper Project

164.8 m

541 ft

97 Natsu

163.8 m

537 ft

98 Nihon Seimei Marunouchi Building

160 m

525 ft

99 Xinyuan Honey Mart

159.8 m

524 ft

100 Sekaiboeki Center Building

158 m

518 ft

101 Mitsui & Co. Building

158 m

518 ft

102 Sumitomo Castle Tower

157 m

515 ft

102 Twin 21 MID Tower

157 m

515 ft

102 Twin 21 National Tower

157 m

515 ft

105 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 3

156 m

512 ft

105 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 4

156 m

512 ft

107 NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City Phase II

156 m

512 ft

108 Nissei Hamamatsucho Crea Tower

156 m

512 ft

109 Yasuda Seimei Osaka Building

155.8 m

511 ft

110 Haru

155.2 m

509 ft

111 China World Trade Center I

155 m

509 ft

111 China World Trade Center II

155 m

509 ft

113 Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Z

155 m

509 ft

114 Nikkei Building

155 m

509 ft

115 Grand Front Osaka Intercontinental Hotel

154.3 m

506 ft

116 Saitama-Shintoshin National Government Building Tower 1

153.9 m

505 ft

117 Garden Air Tower

152.6 m

501 ft

118 Yokohama Mitsui Building

152.2 m

499 ft

119 Odakyu Southern Tower

151 m

495 ft

120 Shiba-Koen First Building

151 m

495 ft

121 Cayan Cantara Hotel Apartments

150.6 m

494 ft

122 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Tower

150 m

492 ft

123 NTT Cred Motomachi Building

150 m

492 ft

124 Iidabashi Grand Bloom

149.9 m

492 ft

125 Pacific Century Plaza

149.8 m

491 ft

126 Sumitomo Realty Iidabashi First Tower

149.7 m

491 ft

127 Museum Tower Kyobashi

149.6 m

491 ft

128 Park Court Chiyoda Fujimi The Tower

149.1 m

489 ft

129 Namba Park Tower

149 m

489 ft

130 Shin-Daibiru Building

148.5 m

487 ft

131 Tohoku Denryoku Head Office Building

148.1 m

486 ft

132 Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building

147.4 m

484 ft

133 Swissôtel Nankai

147 m

482 ft

134 Mizuno Crystal Building

146.9 m

482 ft

135 St. Luke's International Residences

146 m

479 ft

136 Bunkyō Civic Center

145.7 m

478 ft

137 Sumitomo Seimei Sendai Chou Building

143 m

469 ft

138 Iino Building

143 m

469 ft

139 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140.2 m

460 ft

139 Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel

140.2 m

460 ft

141 Sumitomo Seimei Nakanoshima Building

139.9 m

459 ft

142 Keio Plaza Hotel South Building

138.7 m

455 ft

143 Queen's Tower B

137.8 m

452 ft

144 Futakotamagawa Rise 2a

137 m

449 ft

145 Algrad Higashi-Shinsaibashi Mansion

136.3 m

447 ft

146 Kobe Crystal Tower

135 m

443 ft

147 Shinjuku NS Building

133.8 m

439 ft

148 Shiodome Building

133.5 m

438 ft

149 NBF Osaki Building

132.9 m

436 ft

150 Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura

132 m

433 ft

151 Nissei Dowa Kasai Sompo Phoenix Tower

132 m

433 ft

152 Pias Tower

132 m

433 ft

153 Lujiazui Century Tower 2

130 m

427 ft

153 Lujiazui Century Tower 3

130 m

427 ft

155 Meiji Yasuda Seimei Shinjuku Building

129 m

423 ft

156 Shiodome Sumitomo Building

126.4 m

415 ft

157 Shinsei Bank Headquarters

125.9 m

413 ft

158 Tokyo Square Garden

124.4 m

408 ft

159 Toyosu IHI Building

124.4 m

408 ft

160 Sapporo Sosei Square

124 m

407 ft

161 Takeda Global Headquarters

124 m

407 ft

162 Tower 42

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 36 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,834 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
163 Shinome Housing

122 m

400 ft

164 Keidanren Kaikan

121.9 m

400 ft

165 VNTA Tower

121.2 m

398 ft

166 Kanda Square

120.8 m

396 ft

167 Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Building

120.1 m

394 ft

168 Panasonic Electric Works Tokyo Headquarters Building

119.8 m

393 ft

169 Asahi Seimei Otemachi Building

119.5 m

392 ft

170 Liberty Tower

119 m

390 ft

171 W Osaka

117.3 m

385 ft

172 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Head Office

117.1 m

384 ft

173 Toranomon Kotohira Tower

115.2 m

378 ft

174 Nippon Life Marunouchi Garden Tower

115 m

377 ft

175 Tradepia Odaiba

114 m

374 ft

176 Midtown East

113.4 m

372 ft

177 Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building

112.2 m

368 ft

178 Kanda Neribei-cho district first type city redevelopment project

111.9 m

367 ft

179 Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Ekimae Building

111.7 m

367 ft

180 NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City Phase I

111.3 m

365 ft

181 Nittochi Nishi Shinjuku Building

110 m

361 ft

182 Shinjuku Green Tower Building

109.6 m

360 ft

183 Queen's Tower C

109.1 m

358 ft

184 Nihonbashi Muromachi Nomura Building

108.5 m

356 ft

185 Kobe Port Tower

108 m

354 ft

186 Islamic Development Bank Headquarters

107 m

351 ft

187 Apple Towers Sendai

106.5 m

349 ft

188 Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu

105.2 m

345 ft

189 Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Building

104.9 m

344 ft

190 Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Headquarters

103.9 m

341 ft

191 HD Hyundai Global R&D Center

103.6 m

340 ft

192 Yaesu First Financial Building

103.4 m

339 ft

193 Mitsui Bussan Building

100 m

328 ft

194 Akasaka Centerville

99.5 m

327 ft

195 DaiyaGate Ikebukuro

99.1 m

325 ft

196 30 Bideford

98.1 m

322 ft

197 Asahi Beer Azumabashi Building

95 m

312 ft

198 Nakano Sunplaza

92 m

302 ft

199 Dubai Chamber Of Commerce & Industry 1

91 m

299 ft

200 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Residence

90 m

295 ft

201 Sumitomo Fudousan Osaki Twin Building East

90 m

295 ft

202 Goertek Global R&D Headquarters

89.5 m

294 ft

203 Hibiya Dai Building

84.1 m

276 ft

204 Lujiazui Century Tower 5

80 m

262 ft

204 Lujiazui Century Tower 6

80 m

262 ft

206 Aomori Prefecture Kanko Bussankan ASPM

76 m

249 ft

207 AI W Aviation Station

74.9 m

246 ft

208 Yanmar Tokyo

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,912 other buildings of the same Office 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.
209 Okinawa Cellular Forest Building

58.2 m

191 ft

210 AI X Plaza

54.4 m

178 ft

211 Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Building C-2

41 m

135 ft

212 Park Wellstate Nishiazabu

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213 Waterfall Residences Tower 1

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213 Waterfall Residences Tower 2

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

Inaugural Japan Symposium Rises to the Occasion in Tokyo

22 May 2015

CTBUH held its inaugural Japan Symposium at the Academy Hills lecture hall of the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, bringing together leading experts

Taiping Finance Tower Technical Tour Report

19 September 2014

The tour of the Taiping Finance Tower revealed the surprise of full-height glazing in the lift generator rooms, which offered an excellent view of the city.

International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 2 No. 3

01 September 2013

The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 2: Number 3 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.