The DN Tower 21 overlooks the moat around the Imperial Palace.The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building when it served as the headquarters of SCAP, c. 1950.
The shorter five-story building, the former headquarters of SCAP, was completed in 1933 (renovated 1989–1995) for the headquarters of the Norinchukin Bank, and the Dai-Ichi Seimei began to house its offices in the building in 1938. The shorter building was designed by the Japanese architect Yoshikazu Uchida. The taller 21-storey building (at 99.8 metres in height) began construction in 1988 and was completed in 1993, and was designed by the Irish-American architect Kevin Roche. Shimizu Corporation was contracted to construct both buildings.
tower, note, office, building, tokyo, japan, includes, former, ichi, seimei, building, which, douglas, macarthur, headquarters, during, occupation, japan, following, world, government, tokyo, designated, historical, building, 2004, overlooks, moat, around, imp. DN Tower 21 note 1 is an office building in Tokyo Japan It includes the former Dai Ichi Seimei Building in which Douglas MacArthur had his headquarters during the occupation of Japan following World War II The Government of Tokyo designated DN Tower 21 as a historical building in 2004 The DN Tower 21 overlooks the moat around the Imperial Palace The Dai Ichi Seimei Building when it served as the headquarters of SCAP c 1950 The shorter five story building the former headquarters of SCAP was completed in 1933 renovated 1989 1995 for the headquarters of the Norinchukin Bank and the Dai Ichi Seimei began to house its offices in the building in 1938 The shorter building was designed by the Japanese architect Yoshikazu Uchida The taller 21 storey building at 99 8 metres in height began construction in 1988 and was completed in 1993 and was designed by the Irish American architect Kevin Roche Shimizu Corporation was contracted to construct both buildings The building still serves as headquarters for both the Norinchukin Bank and Dai ichi Life Notes edit D stands for Dai ichi Life and N stands for the Norinchukin BankExternal links editGovernment of Tokyo site35 40 33 N 139 45 39 E 35 675869 N 139 760806 E 35 675869 139 760806 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title DN Tower 21 amp oldid 1169606746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
