SHINKENCHIKU, SEPTEMBER 2014 SPECIAL ISSUE BIG?COMPACT ABENO HARUKAS SUPERTALL COMPACT CITY TAKENAKA DESIGN WORKS

ABENO HARUKAS displays the advanced design and engineering skills of TAKENAKA CORPORATION. ABENO HARUKAS, Japan's tallest supertall building with 300m height, was completed in Spring 2014. This skyscraper forms a city where various functions are compacted, including a station, department store, museum, office, hotel, observatory, etc. This special issue will show you a new relationship between a supertall building and a city. Essays by Fumihiko Maki, Shinichi Nakazawa, Mitsuo Takada, Akira Wada, Shin-ichi Tanabe, Toshiko Mori and Tomoka Shibasaki. Photos by Hisao Suzuki, Atushi Nakamichi and Shinkenchiku-sha.