Roppongi Hills

Introduction

Roppongi Hills in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, is the large redevelopment that Mori Building opened in 2003 after seventeen years of negotiation with landowners. Built on the idea of an 'artelligent city', it stacks offices, homes, shops, art, cinemas and gardens into a single three-dimensional block and is regarded as the model for Japanese mixed-use development. At its core the 238 m, 54-storey Mori Tower holds Tokyo City View on level 52, a 360-degree floor-to-ceiling panorama, while the rooftop Sky Deck is one of the few open-air observation platforms in the city, taking in Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Skytree at once. The Mori Art Museum on level 53 focuses on contemporary work and, by staying open late into the night, changed how Tokyo visits exhibitions. At ground level, Mori Garden preserves the pond of an Edo-period Mōri clan residence, alongside the TV Asahi headquarters, a TOHO cinema complex and some two hundred shops and restaurants. Louise Bourgeois's giant spider 'Maman' is the signature sculpture, and the winter illumination on Keyakizaka slope, framing Tokyo Tower, is one of the city's most sought-after seasonal shots.

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