US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan's tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo.
At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo's first supertall skyscraper and the tallest building in Japan, exceeding the 300-metre-tall Abeno Harukas in Osaka, also designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners.
Mori JP Tower has a rounded silhouette
Located in Tokyo's Minato ward, Mori JP Tower forms part of the Azabudai Hills development that Pelli Clarke & Partners masterplanned in collaboration with Japanese developer Mori Building.
Aiming to create a new centre in Tokyo with accessible green public space, the development contains two other skyscrapers by the studio and a series of buildings with undulating green roofs designed by Heatherwick Studio. It forms part of the Azabudai Hills district
The skyscraper has a curved facade that tapers at the ground and its peak. It is topped by a petal-like crown informed by lotus flowers.
"Our buildings always do two important things: they reach the ground in a certain way and they reach the sky in a certain way," Pelli Clarke & Partners cofounder Fred Clarke told Dezeen.
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