P.M. BRIEFING : 500-Story Tokyo Tower Designed
A construction company said today it has designed a 500-story skyscraper for Tokyo, although there are no immediate plans to build it despite Tokyo’s growing need for office and apartment space.
The designers would need 25 years and $326.2 billion to build the 6,669-foot-tall “Aeropolis 2001,” said Yasuyuki Kimura, a spokesman for Ohbayashi Corp.
This includes the money necessary to reclaim a 56-square-mile island in Tokyo Bay, he added.
The project was made possible by Japan’s advanced techniques to protect buildings in earthquakes, he said.
The tallest building in earthquake-prone Japan is the 60-story Sunshine City Building in Tokyo. The 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago is the world’s tallest building.
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