Format
Brief
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Metro Area
Tokyo
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Hotel
Museum
Office
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Gallery space
Historic streetscape
Luxury hotel
Public-private partnership
Redevelopment
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Site Size
3.5
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2002
Date Opened
2005
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Nihonbashi—“Japan Bridge”—is the symbolic zero-marker of the country’s highway system and a fitting name for a district that is the historic center of domestic commerce in Japan. Yet in recent years the Nihonbashi district’s appeal had waned, due in part to a 1964 Olympics–era expressway that divides the district and obscures the famed view of Mount Fuji from the bridge.
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Format
Brief
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Metro Area
Tokyo
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Hotel
Museum
Office
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Gallery space
Historic streetscape
Luxury hotel
Public-private partnership
Redevelopment
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Site Size
3.5
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2002
Date Opened
2005
Developer/Owner
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Architect
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
New Haven, CT
Architect of Record
Nihon Sekkei Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Principal Author(s)
Julie Stern
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner