Japan Plans for Supertall Wooden Skyscraper in Tokyo by 2041
Timber tower construction is the current obsession of architects, with new projects claiming to be the world?s next tallest popping up all over the globe. But this latest proposal from Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry Co. and architects Nikken Sekkei would blow everything else out of the water, as they have announced plans for the world?s first supertall wood structured skyscraper in Tokyo.
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
Timber tower construction is the current obsession of architects, with new projects claiming to be the world?s next tallest popping up all over the globe. But this latest proposal from Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry Co. and architects Nikken Sekkei would blow everything else out of the water, as they have announced plans for the world?s first supertall wood structured skyscraper in Tokyo.At 1,148 feet tall, the proposal outpaces similar timber-structured highrise proposals including Perkins + Will?s River Beech Tower and PLP Architecture?s Oakwood Tower.Known as the W350 Project, the development would feature a mixed-use program in hopes of creating an environmentally and socially sustainable community in the sky. Renderings for the complex show light-filled apartments and public spaces on multiple building levels, with hotels, offices, retail and residences intermixing.
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
Early estimates indicated that W350 would use more than 6.5 million cubic feet of wood and would...
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
Timber tower construction is the current obsession of architects, with new projects claiming to be the world?s next tallest popping up all over the globe. But this latest proposal from Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry Co. and architects Nikken Sekkei would blow everything else out of the water, as they have announced plans for the world?s first supertall wood structured skyscraper in Tokyo.At 1,148 feet tall, the proposal outpaces similar timber-structured highrise proposals including Perkins + Will?s River Beech Tower and PLP Architecture?s Oakwood Tower.Known as the W350 Project, the development would feature a mixed-use program in hopes of creating an environmentally and socially sustainable community in the sky. Renderings for the complex show light-filled apartments and public spaces on multiple building levels, with hotels, offices, retail and residences intermixing.
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
© Sumitomo Forestry Co.
Early estimates indicated that W350 would use more than 6.5 million cubic feet of wood and would...
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