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aquablue · #**361** Posted **Jun 8, 2011, 2:30 AM**

Is there any reason why Tokyo can't build real super-talls rather than TV towers?

Tokyo is a kingdom. Places like Shanghai, with all their supertalls and hype, still have a long way to go to catch up to Tokyo as a city.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**362** Posted **Jun 8, 2011, 2:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by aquablue

Is there any reason why Tokyo can't build real super-talls rather than TV towers?

Tokyo is a kingdom. Places like Shanghai, with all their supertalls and hype, still have a long way to go to catch up to Tokyo as a city.

strict building codes due to Earthquakes.

aquablue · #**363** Posted **Jun 8, 2011, 2:53 AM**

Hmm, I guess a TV tower is immune?

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**364** Posted **Jun 8, 2011, 4:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by aquablue

Hmm, I guess a TV tower is immune?

no but theres different engineering,consider the way wind affects a building rather than a freestanding concrete tower. HVAC,plumbing, electrical,floors etc. all must be considered. its simply an easier form of engineering when all that space wont be occupied by tenants.

aquablue · #**365** Posted **Jun 10, 2011, 2:53 AM**

It is a pity, imagine Tokyo with supertalls

MadGnome · #**366** Posted **Jun 11, 2011, 6:03 PM**

Tokyo also has to worry about typhoons. You can build super strong, rigid towers, like the WTC 1 in New York that hold up well to hurricane force winds, but they're not good for extreme earthquakes. Taipei and Shanghai will probably never see an 8.0 quake. Tokyo needs to worry about 9.0.

animatedmartian · #**367** Posted **Jun 11, 2011, 6:27 PM**

kiyurino-jp

betawest · #**368** Posted **Jun 11, 2011, 7:08 PM**

World's biggest cell phone tower??

gnmpf74 · #**369** Posted **Jun 11, 2011, 7:40 PM**

Looks like a heli-pad on top^^

This is a very massive spire...

Troubadour · #**370** Posted **Jun 11, 2011, 9:01 PM**

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BASE jumper heaven.

animatedmartian · #**371** Posted **Jun 20, 2011, 11:16 PM**

June 20th.

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animatedmartian · #**372** Posted **Jun 20, 2011, 11:27 PM**

Some older photos.

SkylineGTR

apollo510

comycomo images

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photoLith · #**373** Posted **Jun 21, 2011, 4:34 AM**

Holy cheesesrice, now thats a tower!

Aleks · #**374** Posted **Jun 21, 2011, 8:05 AM**

wow, some of the shots on this page are impressive! the towers silhouette is fantastic! And yes, that does look like an amazing to base jump off of

Troubadour · #**375** Posted **Jun 21, 2011, 12:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by animatedmartian

comycomo images

I have been to the Mountain Top because I have seen this photo.

multibow

JDRCRASH · #**376** Posted **Jun 22, 2011, 12:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by MadGnome

Tokyo also has to worry about typhoons. You can build super strong, rigid towers, like the WTC 1 in New York that hold up well to hurricane force winds, but they're not good for extreme earthquakes. Taipei and Shanghai will probably never see an 8.0 quake. Tokyo needs to worry about 9.0.

It freaks me out just thinking about a 8.0 or 9.0 in Shanghai.

BStyles · #**377** Posted **Jun 23, 2011, 2:10 PM**

They built some of the taller buildings in Shanghai to resist earthquakes of this magnitude, but hey. Anything can happen.

Kanto · #**378** Posted **Jun 23, 2011, 8:01 PM**

Well, the tower passed it's first big test, the giant earthquake in March, well. It's always nice to see buildings withstand a crysis

Paul in Cleveland · #**379** Posted **Jun 24, 2011, 1:22 AM**

Disappointed in this one. To me, it lacks any sort of grace or elegance. Very clunky; looks as if it was designed by someone who didn't have a great sense of proportions.

animatedmartian · #**380** Posted **Jun 24, 2011, 8:10 AM**

June 22nd

Nobuaki Tomabechi