JA64 YEARBOOK2006 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL SCENE IN 2006 • work Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower • location Chuo, Tokyo • design architect Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Japan Inc • architect Nihon Sekkei, Inc • site area 14,375.28m2 • building area 5,358.77m2 (tower), 12,503.14m2 (entire city block) • total floor area 133,727.20m2 (tower), 194,309.89m2 (entire city block) • structure steel frame, partly reinforced concrete, steel frame reinforced concrete; 4 basements, 39 stories and 1-story penthouse • pricipal use office, hotel, shop • completion date July, 2005 • profile Shinji Kobayashi 1964 Born in Tokyo 1989 Completed the Master Course, Waseda University Worked at MITSUI FUDOSAN CO .,LTD. Currently Project manager of Office Building development Department Masao Kuroki 1959 Born in Tokyo 1982 Graduated from Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo Worked at Nihon Sekkei Jun Mitsui 1955 Born in Yamaguchi 1978 Completed the Master Course, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo 1978-82 Worked at Okada Architect & Associates 1984 Completed the Master Course of Architecture, the Yale University School of Architcture Worked at Cesar Pelli & Associates 1992 Cesar Pelli & Associates Japan, Inc. 2006 Changed the name of the office into Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Japan, Inc. Double as Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects next back top