It was built in the style of high-rise buildings that were being built in the United States in the 1970s. It is notable for the black diagonal braces on its east and west facades. At the base of the skyscraper is a sunken garden and a surprisingly large plaza. In addition to the sunken garden, there is also a roof-top garden.
With its black facades, Shinjuku Mitsui Building stands out among the skyscrapers in Shinjuku. It is located next to the Shinjuku Center Building, which is two meters lower but appears to be taller because its first floor is located on higher ground. It made an appearance in the 1984 film The Return of Godzilla.
The building's height is 212 meters to the top of the roof, and 225 meters to the architectural top. Its entrance lobby is on the second floor. The X-shaped steel braces on the side of the building serve as seismic reinforcement and also as braces for the doors of the machine rooms at each end of every floor. The doors are 4–5 floors tall, for replacement of equipment such as air-conditioners. As in the older Keio Plaza Hotel, some fire escape exits are exposed outside the building to prevent smoke from accumulating in the case of fire.
In 2013, Mitsui Fudosan and Kajima Corporation began installing six massive pendulums on the roof of the building to counter long period ground motion. The pendulums will reduce magnitude of building motion by half or more during a major earthquake, such as the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011.[2]
The top 55th floor was formerly occupied by a Chinese restaurant called the Mandarin Palace, but now it houses tenant offices. The 54th floor has a restaurant and a club called "Shinjuku Mitsui Club" for current and former employees of the Mitsui Group and their relatives. There is no observation deck open to the public.
Other floors occupied by tenant office space, except for the B1 to 5th floors, which house banks, restaurants, dental offices, and so on.
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^"Halving the Shaking Due to Long-Period Earthquake Ground Motion at Shinjuku Mitsui Building". Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Kajima Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^"Locations." Capcom. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "Shinjuku Mitsui Building 2-1-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo"
shinjuku, mitsui, building, 新宿三井ビル, shinjuku, mitsui, biru, high, rise, building, nishi, shinjuku, shinjuku, tokyo, owned, mitsui, fudosan, tallest, buildings, tokyo, tallest, building, tokyo, japan, from, september, 1974, march, 1978, when, sunshine, complete. The Shinjuku Mitsui Building 新宿三井ビル Shinjuku Mitsui Biru is a high rise building in Nishi Shinjuku Shinjuku Tokyo It is owned by Mitsui Fudosan It is one of the ten tallest buildings in Tokyo and was the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan from September 1974 to March 1978 when Sunshine 60 was completed 1 Shinjuku Mitsui BuildingShinjuku Mitsui Building at sunsetGeneral informationTypeOfficeLocationShinjuku Tokyo JapanCoordinates35 41 31 N 139 41 38 E 35 691898 N 139 693903 E 35 691898 139 693903Construction started1972Completed1974OpeningSeptember 1974OwnerMitsui FudosanHeightArchitectural224 9 m 738 ft Roof212 1 m 696 ft Technical detailsFloor count55Floor area176 671 m2 1 901 670 sq ft Design and constructionArchitect s Nihon SekkeiDeveloperMitsui FudosanStructural engineerKiyoshi Mutō It was built in the style of high rise buildings that were being built in the United States in the 1970s It is notable for the black diagonal braces on its east and west facades At the base of the skyscraper is a sunken garden and a surprisingly large plaza In addition to the sunken garden there is also a roof top garden With its black facades Shinjuku Mitsui Building stands out among the skyscrapers in Shinjuku It is located next to the Shinjuku Center Building which is two meters lower but appears to be taller because its first floor is located on higher ground It made an appearance in the 1984 film The Return of Godzilla Contents 1 Structure 2 Tenants 3 Access 4 References 5 External linksStructure edit nbsp X shaped braces on west side The building s height is 212 meters to the top of the roof and 225 meters to the architectural top Its entrance lobby is on the second floor The X shaped steel braces on the side of the building serve as seismic reinforcement and also as braces for the doors of the machine rooms at each end of every floor The doors are 4 5 floors tall for replacement of equipment such as air conditioners As in the older Keio Plaza Hotel some fire escape exits are exposed outside the building to prevent smoke from accumulating in the case of fire In 2013 Mitsui Fudosan and Kajima Corporation began installing six massive pendulums on the roof of the building to counter long period ground motion The pendulums will reduce magnitude of building motion by half or more during a major earthquake such as the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011 2 Tenants editCapcom has its Tokyo offices in the building 3 The top 55th floor was formerly occupied by a Chinese restaurant called the Mandarin Palace but now it houses tenant offices The 54th floor has a restaurant and a club called Shinjuku Mitsui Club for current and former employees of the Mitsui Group and their relatives There is no observation deck open to the public Other floors occupied by tenant office space except for the B1 to 5th floors which house banks restaurants dental offices and so on B1 Ministop Starbucks Doutor Coffee restaurants for Okinawan Indian Thai Mandarin and Korean cuisine 1st floor Royal Host Post office Seiko Epson Mitsui Fudoson Realty Kyokuto Securities Co Delicatessen 2nd floor Sizzler Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 3rd floor Restaurants and Izakaya 4th 5th floors Clinics Dental Offices Medical Center 54th floor Shinjuku Mitsui ClubAccess edit8 minutes by foot from Shinjuku Station 1 minute by foot Toei Ōedo Line 2 minutes by foot from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Parking Yes fee References edit Shinjuku Mitsui Building Skyscraper Source Media Retrieved September 22 2008 Halving the Shaking Due to Long Period Earthquake Ground Motion at Shinjuku Mitsui Building Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd Kajima Corporation Retrieved 4 April 2015 Locations Capcom Retrieved on August 12 2011 Shinjuku Mitsui Building 2 1 1 Nishi Shinjuku Shinjuku ku Tokyo External links edit nbsp Tokyo portal nbsp Architecture portal nbsp Media related to Shinjuku Mitsui Building at Wikimedia Commons Records Preceded byShinjuku Sumitomo Building Tallest building in Japan225 m 738 ft 1974 1978 Succeeded bySunshine 60 Tallest building in Tokyo225 m 738 ft 1974 1978 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shinjuku Mitsui Building amp oldid 1150184782, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
