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Kobe Port Tower
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Category: Multipurpose facility
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Architect: Nikken Sekkei
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Construction: Obayashi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Steel)
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Year: 1963
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Location:
Hyogo
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On the middle pier of the Port of Kobe, stands a 108m tall tower in steel construction. The tower was built in 1963 to be a new landmark for Kobe with a striving international port. The tower is open to the public for the magnificent panoramic view from the top, viewing platform. Nikken Sekkei was responsible for the design of the tower, which is constructed with the circular steel tubes combined in the form of an elongated drum with a stylish hyperbolic curve silhouette. To maximize the beautiful curved profile of the tower, the connecting parts were subdued, and the red and white horizontal border painting required under the aviation regulations was specially omitted, likewise, the glass surfaces of the viewing platform were tucked inside of the steel structural members so as not to be too obtrusive. In designing the tower, Nikken Sekkei concentrated, not on the mere height, but on the aesthetics of the form itself, and created a tower that is as unique as beautiful among more conventionally designed towers with solid, rectilinear sectioned, steel construction like the Tokyo Tower.
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Cultural Property Info: Tangible Cultural Property
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docomomo選定年度：2003
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登録有形文化財：2014
Multipurpose facility
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代官山ヒルサイドテラス第１期, および第2期以降, ヒルサイドウエスト
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国立京都国際会館
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国際文化会館
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坂出市人工土地
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山梨文化会館
Hyogo
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シトー会西宮の聖母修道院
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兵庫駅
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小原流家元会館ほか
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山邑太左衛門邸
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御影町公会堂
1960～1969
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金沢工業大学本館
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佐賀県立博物館
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シトー会西宮の聖母修道院
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広島基町・長寿園高層アパート
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代官山ヒルサイドテラス第１期, および第2期以降, ヒルサイドウエスト
