Nittele Tower

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Shiodome NTV Tower
日本テレビタワー
General information
Town or city	Minato, Tokyo
Country	Japan
Construction started	January 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01)
Construction stopped	30 April 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04-30)
Opened	February 29, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-29)
Owner	Nippon Television
Height	192 m (629.9 ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Richard Rogers Partnership, Mitsubishi Estate
Main contractor	Shimizu Corporation

The Nittele Tower (日テレタワー, Nittere tawaa) is a structural expressionist office building located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It houses the headquarters of Nippon Television. The 32-storey building has a height of 192 metres. Construction was finished in 2003.

As a part of the design and aesthetics of the exterior, the building has 2 large sculpture pieces attached one either side. Majority of people would assume it was decorative but in fact it was designed by Richard Rogers Partnership to assist the building from wind loads and during earthquakes.

“Nittele Tower has four different types of damping devices installed, 2 TMD’s for habitability under wind induced vibrations, 32 oil dampers for wind induced vibrations and weak/ medium class earthquakes, 64 unbonded bracing dampers and 312 link beam dampers for extremely strong earthquakes.”^[1] (Advanced structural wind engineering, 2013, Springer, Tokyo ; Heidelberg.)