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Tokyo Tower of Babel [15] 10 km (33,000 ft) 1992 Arcology: Mixed use Japan Tokyo: Would house roughly 30 million people and take 100–150 years to build. The cost would be around ¥3 quadrillion ($22 trillion). 1000+ Arconic Tower (Jetsons Tower) 4.8 km (16,000 ft) 2017 Skyscraper: Mixed use United States San Francisco
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[5] [7] The second-tallest structure in Tokyo is the 333-metre-tall (1,092 feet) Tokyo Tower, a lattice tower completed in 1958. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure is the 325-metre-tall (1,068 feet) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower , completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper .
The tower was finished in 1958 and cost 2.8 Billion Yen. [8] Standing at 1,092 feet tall, this is the second largest tower in Japan, right after the Tokyo Skytree. The tower was originally modeled off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; however, Tokyo tower is 13 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The tallest building in Japan is currently the 325.5 m (1,068 ft) tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 390 m (1,280 ft) Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as the country's new tallest building.
Though it is taller than the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower weighs about 4,000 tons, 3,300 less than the Eiffel Tower [12] as it is significantly thinner and simpler in construction. It was opened to the public on 23 December 1958 at a final cost of ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958). [10] [13] Tokyo Tower was mortgaged for ¥10 billion in 2000. [14]
The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid (also planned for Tokyo, Japan) faces most of the same problems as the X-Seed. Other projects that, if built, could be in the top five human-made structures are the Ultima Tower of 3,218 metres (10,558 ft) in San Francisco , Dubai City Tower of 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) and the Bionic Tower of 1,228 metres (4,029 ft ...