Nittele Tower

Coordinates: 35°39′51.91″N 139°45′35.68″E / 35.6644194°N 139.7599111°E / 35.6644194; 139.7599111
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Shiodome NTV Tower
日本テレビタワー
Richard Rogers Partnership, Mitsubishi Estate
Main contractorShimizu Corporation

The Nittele Tower (日テレタワー, Nittere tawaa) is a structural expressionist office building located in

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.

Shiodome NTV Tower in Tokyo, 2019
The tower (right) seen from Shimbashi station

“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.)

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