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 The Tower
301.4 m / 989  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 Azabudai Hills Residence B
262.8 m / 862  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

Takamori Yamazaki

Takamori Yamazaki

CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Asia Jury, 2024

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

344 m / 1,127 ft

7 Riyadh Tower

338 m / 1,109 ft

8 Tokyo Tower

333 m / 1,092 ft

9 One Za'abeel The Tower

301 m / 989 ft

10 Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment

284 m / 932 ft

11 Forte Tower 1

281 m / 923 ft

12 One Lujiazui

269 m / 883 ft

13 Azabudai Hills Residence B

263 m / 862 ft

14 Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza

262 m / 861 ft

15 Menara Astra

262 m / 858 ft

16 Cadre City Plaza West Tower

257 m / 843 ft

17 Rinku Gate Tower

256 m / 840 ft

17 Rinku Gate Tower 2

256 m / 840 ft

19 Osaka World Trade Center

256 m / 840 ft

20 Midtown Tower

248 m / 813 ft

21 Midland Square

247 m / 810 ft

22 Beijing Television Center

239 m / 784 ft

23 One Za'abeel The Residences

238 m / 782 ft

24 Azabudai Hills Residence A

237 m / 778 ft

25 World Trade Center North

235 m / 771 ft

26 Fukuoka Tower

234 m / 768 ft

27 AI W Tower

231 m / 758 ft

28 Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower

231 m / 757 ft

29 The Iconic Landmark Tower

229 m / 751 ft

30 Taiping Finance Tower

228 m / 748 ft

31 CITIC Plaza

228 m / 748 ft

32 Trade Tower

228 m / 748 ft

33 Bank of China Tower

226 m / 742 ft

34 Yaesu 2 Chome Central District Category 1 Urban Redevelopment Project

226 m / 741 ft

35 St. Luke's Tower

221 m / 724 ft

36 Newport Plaza

215 m / 705 ft

37 The Suzhou Modern Media Plaza 1

215 m / 705 ft

38 Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

211 m / 693 ft

39 JR Gate Tower

211 m / 693 ft

40 Pudong International Information Port

211 m / 692 ft

41 Taiping Financial Tower

208 m / 682 ft

42 GranTokyo North Tower

205 m / 673 ft

43 GranTokyo South Tower

205 m / 673 ft

44 Cadre City Plaza East Tower

202 m / 663 ft

45 Izumi Garden Tower

201 m / 659 ft

46 Tadawul Tower

200 m / 656 ft

47 Otemachi One Tower

200 m / 656 ft

48 The Yomiuri Shimbun Building

200 m / 656 ft

49 AI X Tower

200 m / 656 ft

50 Nakanoshima Festival Tower West

199 m / 654 ft

51 Nakanoshima Festival Tower

199 m / 653 ft

52 Tower 52

198 m / 650 ft

53 World Trade Center South Tower

197 m / 647 ft

54 One Dojima

195 m / 640 ft

55 KEPCO Headquarters

195 m / 640 ft

56 N6E Building

190 m / 623 ft

57 Lujiazui Century Tower 1

190 m / 623 ft

58 Dalian Sightseeing Tower

190 m / 623 ft

59 Umeda 3Chome Project

188 m / 617 ft

60 Suzhou Taiping Finance Centre

188 m / 616 ft

61 Umeda Hankyu Building

187 m / 614 ft

62 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 1

185 m / 607 ft

62 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 2

185 m / 607 ft

64 Aurora Plaza, Pudong

185 m / 607 ft

65 Fuyu

185 m / 607 ft

66 Shinjuku Oak Tower

184 m / 603 ft

67 Shibuya Hikarie

183 m / 599 ft

68 Tokyo Nihonbashi Tower

182 m / 598 ft

69 msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower N

180 m / 591 ft

70 NEC Supertower

180 m / 591 ft

71 Citigroup Tower

180 m / 591 ft

72 Toyosu Bayside Cross

180 m / 591 ft

73 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Tower

180 m / 591 ft

74 Peace Tower

180 m / 591 ft

75 Grand Front Osaka Tower A

179 m / 588 ft

76 Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Building West

179 m / 588 ft

77 Aki

177 m / 581 ft

78 Shin Kong Place T1

176 m / 578 ft

78 Shin Kong Place T2

176 m / 578 ft

80 Forte Tower 2

176 m / 577 ft

81 Grand Front Osaka Tower B

175 m / 575 ft

82 Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y

175 m / 574 ft

83 Cayan Cantara Branded Residences

175 m / 574 ft

84 JR Tower

173 m / 568 ft

85 Queen's Tower A

172 m / 564 ft

86 City Towers Toyosu North Tower

171 m / 562 ft

87 Kyobashi EDOGRAND

170 m / 559 ft

88 Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers

170 m / 558 ft

89 msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower S

170 m / 558 ft

90 Kansai Electric Power Kobe Building

170 m / 558 ft

91 JT Building

170 m / 557 ft

92 Land Axis Tower

168 m / 552 ft

93 Central Park La Tour Shinjuku

168 m / 551 ft

94 City Towers Toyosu South Tower

167 m / 548 ft

95 Toyosu Center Building

165 m / 542 ft

96 Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower

165 m / 541 ft

97 The SuzhouModern Media Plaza 2

165 m / 541 ft

98 Shibuya Upper Project

165 m / 541 ft

99 Natsu

164 m / 537 ft

100 Nihon Seimei Marunouchi Building

160 m / 525 ft

101 Xinyuan Honey Mart

160 m / 524 ft

102 Sekaiboeki Center Building

158 m / 518 ft

103 Mitsui & Co. Building

158 m / 518 ft

104 Sumitomo Castle Tower

157 m / 515 ft

104 Twin 21 MID Tower

157 m / 515 ft

104 Twin 21 National Tower

157 m / 515 ft

107 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 3

156 m / 512 ft

107 Sisli Culture & Commercial Center 4

156 m / 512 ft

109 NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City Phase II

156 m / 512 ft

110 Nissei Hamamatsucho Crea Tower

156 m / 512 ft

111 Yasuda Seimei Osaka Building

156 m / 511 ft

112 Haru

155 m / 509 ft

113 China World Trade Center I

155 m / 509 ft

113 China World Trade Center II

155 m / 509 ft

115 Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Z

155 m / 509 ft

116 Nikkei Building

155 m / 509 ft

117 Grand Front Osaka Intercontinental Hotel

154 m / 506 ft

118 Saitama-Shintoshin National Government Building Tower 1

154 m / 505 ft

119 Garden Air Tower

153 m / 501 ft

120 Yokohama Mitsui Building

152 m / 499 ft

121 Odakyu Southern Tower

151 m / 495 ft

122 Shiba-Koen First Building

151 m / 495 ft

123 Cayan Cantara Hotel Apartments

151 m / 494 ft

124 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Tower

150 m / 492 ft

125 NTT Cred Motomachi Building

150 m / 492 ft

126 Iidabashi Grand Bloom

150 m / 492 ft

127 Pacific Century Plaza

150 m / 491 ft

128 Sumitomo Realty Iidabashi First Tower

150 m / 491 ft

129 Museum Tower Kyobashi

150 m / 491 ft

130 Park Court Chiyoda Fujimi The Tower

149 m / 489 ft

131 Namba Park Tower

149 m / 489 ft

132 Shin-Daibiru Building

149 m / 487 ft

133 Tohoku Denryoku Head Office Building

148 m / 486 ft

134 Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building

147 m / 484 ft

135 Swissôtel Nankai

147 m / 482 ft

136 Mizuno Crystal Building

147 m / 482 ft

137 St. Luke's International Residences

146 m / 479 ft

138 Bunkyō Civic Center

146 m / 478 ft

139 Sumitomo Seimei Sendai Chou Building

143 m / 469 ft

140 Iino Building

143 m / 469 ft

141 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140 m / 460 ft

141 Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel

140 m / 460 ft

143 Sumitomo Seimei Nakanoshima Building

140 m / 459 ft

144 The Tower Grandia

139 m / 455 ft

145 Keio Plaza Hotel South Building

139 m / 455 ft

146 Royal Parks Tower Minami-Senju

138 m / 453 ft

147 Queen's Tower B

138 m / 452 ft

148 Futakotamagawa Rise 2a

137 m / 449 ft

149 Algrad Higashi-Shinsaibashi Mansion

136 m / 447 ft

150 Kobe Crystal Tower

135 m / 443 ft

151 Shinjuku NS Building

134 m / 439 ft

152 Shiodome Building

134 m / 438 ft

153 NBF Osaki Building

133 m / 436 ft

154 Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura

132 m / 433 ft

155 Nissei Dowa Kasai Sompo Phoenix Tower

132 m / 433 ft

156 Pias Tower

132 m / 433 ft

157 Proud Tower Higashiikebukuro Station Arena

131 m / 431 ft

158 Brillia Tower Ueno Ikenohata

131 m / 430 ft

159 Lujiazui Century Tower 2

130 m / 427 ft

159 Lujiazui Century Tower 3

130 m / 427 ft

161 Meiji Yasuda Seimei Shinjuku Building

129 m / 423 ft

162 Shiodome Sumitomo Building

126 m / 415 ft

163 Shinsei Bank Headquarters

126 m / 413 ft

164 Tokyo Square Garden

124 m / 408 ft

165 Toyosu IHI Building

124 m / 408 ft

166 Sapporo Sosei Square

124 m / 407 ft

167 Takeda Global Headquarters

124 m / 407 ft

168 Tower 42

123 m

404 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 36 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 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.
169 Shinome Housing

122 m / 400 ft

170 Keidanren Kaikan

122 m / 400 ft

171 VNTA Tower

121 m / 398 ft

172 Kanda Square

121 m / 396 ft

173 Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Building

120 m / 394 ft

174 Panasonic Electric Works Tokyo Headquarters Building

120 m / 393 ft

175 Asahi Seimei Otemachi Building

120 m / 392 ft

176 Liberty Tower

119 m / 390 ft

177 W Osaka

117 m / 385 ft

178 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Head Office

117 m / 384 ft

179 Toranomon Kotohira Tower

115 m / 378 ft

180 Nippon Life Marunouchi Garden Tower

115 m / 377 ft

181 Tradepia Odaiba

114 m / 374 ft

182 Midtown East

113 m / 372 ft

183 Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building

112 m / 368 ft

184 Kanda Neribei-cho district first type city redevelopment project

112 m / 367 ft

185 Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Ekimae Building

112 m / 367 ft

186 NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City Phase I

111 m / 365 ft

187 Nittochi Nishi Shinjuku Building

110 m / 361 ft

188 Shinjuku Green Tower Building

110 m / 360 ft

189 Queen's Tower C

109 m / 358 ft

190 Nihonbashi Muromachi Nomura Building

109 m / 356 ft

191 Kobe Port Tower

108 m / 354 ft

192 Islamic Development Bank Headquarters

107 m / 351 ft

193 Apple Towers Sendai

107 m / 349 ft

194 Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu

105 m / 345 ft

195 Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Building

105 m / 344 ft

196 Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Headquarters

104 m / 341 ft

197 HD Hyundai Global R&D Center

104 m / 340 ft

198 Yaesu First Financial Building

103 m / 339 ft

199 Mitsui Bussan Building

100 m / 328 ft

200 Akasaka Centerville

100 m / 327 ft

201 DaiyaGate Ikebukuro

99 m / 325 ft

202 30 Bideford

98 m / 322 ft

203 Asahi Beer Azumabashi Building

95 m / 312 ft

204 Nakano Sunplaza

92 m / 302 ft

205 Dubai Chamber Of Commerce & Industry 1

91 m / 299 ft

206 Japan Housing Finance Agency Head Office

91 m / 298 ft

207 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Residence

90 m / 295 ft

208 Sumitomo Fudousan Osaki Twin Building East

90 m / 295 ft

209 Goertek Global R&D Headquarters

90 m / 294 ft

210 Hibiya Dai Building

84 m / 276 ft

211 Lujiazui Century Tower 5

80 m / 262 ft

211 Lujiazui Century Tower 6

80 m / 262 ft

213 Aomori Prefecture Kanko Bussankan ASPM

76 m / 249 ft

214 AI W Aviation Station

75 m / 246 ft

215 Court Resident Tower

74 m / 242 ft

216 Yanmar Tokyo

61 m

200 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,880 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.
217 Okinawa Cellular Forest Building

58 m / 191 ft

218 AI X Plaza

54 m / 178 ft

219 Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Building C-2

41 m / 135 ft

220 Park Wellstate Nishiazabu

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221 Waterfall Residences Tower 1

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221 Waterfall Residences Tower 2

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Nikken Group

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.