Odakyu Halc - Shinjuku Area: Nishi-Shinjuku City: Tokyo, Kanto
One of two Odakyu outposts at Shinjuku Station, this one focuses on interiors. The building is like a huge curving white fortress of modernity facing the Shinjuku bus plaza. Its white facade bears fai...read more >>
S-TEC Joho Building Designed by: Nihon Sekkei Construction Completed: 1992 Area: Nishi-Shinjuku City: Tokyo, Kanto
Now... where have we seen this design before? Oh, yes! Everywhere. An uninspiring clone of a hundred similar skyscrapers erected around the world in the 1980's and 1990's. More bands of glas...read more >>
Shinjuku Center Building Designed by: Taisei Construction Company Construction Completed: 1979 Area: Nishi-Shinjuku City: Tokyo, Kanto
Perhaps one of the most tactile skyscrapers in Tokyo, the Shinjuku Center Building's facade is a series of vertical ridges undulating along its surface. Standing out in the channels are hundreds ...read more >>
Shinjuku First West Building Construction Completed: 2003 Area: Nishi-Shinjuku City: Tokyo, Kanto
Another Shinjuku building featuring horizontal bands of glass. In this case, at least, the Shinjuku First Western Building's alternating bands and windows are given a little texture. It makes the...read more >>