Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills
Roppongi Hills, with the Mori Tower (right) and the Residences B and C (left)
Map
General information
LocationMinato, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°39′36″N 139°43′48″E / 35.66000°N 139.73000°E / 35.66000; 139.73000
Construction started2000
Completed2003
OpeningApril 25, 2003
OwnerMori Building
Height
RoofMori Tower: 238.1 m (781 ft)[1]
Residences B and C: 159.1 m (522 ft)[1]
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: 95.7 m (314 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor countMori Tower: 54
Residences B and C: 43
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: 21
Floor areaTotal: 724,000 m2 (7,790,000 sq ft)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Kohn Pedersen Fox
Roppongi Hills Mori Garden
Keyakizaka Street illuminaton
Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills
TV Asahi headquarters in Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills (六本木ヒルズ, Roppongi Hiruzu) is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.

Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartments, shops, restaurants, cafes, movie theatres, a museum, a hotel, a major TV studio, an outdoor amphitheatre, and a few parks. The centrepiece of the complex is the 54-story Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. Mori's stated vision was to build an integrated development where high-rise inner-urban communities allow people to live, work, play, and shop in proximity to eliminate commuting time. The company argued that this would increase leisure time, quality of life, and benefit Japan's national competitiveness. 17 years after the design's initial conception, the complex opened to the public on April 25, 2003. The architecture and use of space is documented in the book Six Strata: Roppongi Hills Redefined.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Roppongi Hills". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Jerde PlaceMaking". Jerde.com. 2011-10-10. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  3. ^ Homma, Takashi (2006). Six Strata: Roppongi Hills Redefined. London: Heibonsha. ISBN 4582277594.