Roppongi Hills
| Roppongi Hills | |
|---|---|
六本木ヒルズ | |
The Roppongi Hills, with the Mori Tower (right) and the Residences B and C (left) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Town or city | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°39′36″N 139°43′48″E / 35.66000°N 139.73000°E |
| Construction started | March 2000 |
| Completed | April 25, 2003 |
| Cost | $4 billion |
| Owner | Mori Building |
| Management | Mori Building |
| Height | |
| Height | Mori Tower: 238 m (780.84 ft) |
| Observatory | Tokyo City View (52nd - 54th floor, Mori Tower) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Mori Tower: 54 Residences B and C: 43 Grand Hyatt Tokyo: 21 |
| Floor area | 724,000 m2 (7,790,000 sq ft) |
| Grounds | 11 hectares (27 acres) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | General Master Plan and Architectural Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Developer | Mori Building |
| Main contractor | Mori Tower only: Obayashi Corporation |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | Roppongi Station Roppongi Hills |
Roppongi Hills (六本木ヒルズ, Roppongi Hiruzu) is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.
Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartments, shops, restaurants, cafes, movie theatres, a museum, a hotel, a major TV studio, an outdoor amphitheatre, and a few parks. The centrepiece of the complex is the 54-story Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. Mori's stated vision was to build an integrated development where high-rise inner-urban communities allow people to live, work, play, and shop in proximity to eliminate commuting time, and has a total floor area of 724,000 m2 (7,790,000 sq ft). The company argued that this would increase leisure time, quality of life, and benefit Japan's national competitiveness. 17 years after the design's initial conception, the complex opened to the public on April 25, 2003. The architecture and use of space is documented in the book Six Strata: Roppongi Hills Redefined.