Architecture Tokyo S New Downtown
That is about to change, thanks to the opening of Tokyo Midtown, a new $3 billion 10-hectare complex developed by Mitsui Fudosan on the site of former Japan’s Defense Agency head office in the center of the city. The mega-development, modeled after midtown Manhattan, marks a deliberate attempt to add a vibrantly creative component to Japan’s thriving economic center. In addition to the Suntory museum, the complex includes the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub and Fujifilm Photo museum and gallery as well as office buildings, many of which have been developed by the world’s leading architects....