Japan will have the highest television tower in the world

A new tower towering above the triangle, but the tall slender tower of the tent is cylindrical, the silver blue rising high into the sky will be a new and impressive image of Tokyo with the name Simple ' New Tokyo Tower ' in 2011.

Japanese city planners on November 24, 2006 have unveiled a plan to build a great television tower, expected to become the world's tallest building when completed.

According to Tobu Railway Company, the supplier of the construction site, the tower is 610m high and will monopolize the title of the CN Tower in Toronta, Canada, which is recognized as the highest building in the world today. with a height of 553m. The tower will have two observation platforms at an altitude of 350m and 450m respectively. According to the project, the old tower is now 333m high, built in the center of the capital since 1958, and will be maintained as a base. Reserve wave infrastructure.

This massive construction project will cost $ 420 million and is designed by two famous experts, architect Tadao Ando and sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa. The world's tallest tower project was built in collaboration with NHK Broadcasting Station and the top 5 commercial broadcasting companies of Japan with the ambition that this work will be the ' spine ' of the broadcasting network. bars and television in Tokyo capital.

Although there is competition with numerous skyscrapers rising in Japan, the old tower is still one of the most recognizable ' milestones ' and about 2.5 million visitors a year. to visit.

" New Tokyo Tower " will be located in Sumida area, east of Tokyo capital; Sumida is an area known to the world as a place of influence and atmosphere of an ancient Tokyo, a buffer between the rivers of Sumida and Arakawa.

Sumida rose to defeat the other 15 locations in Tokyo to gain ownership of the tower after undergoing a feasibility test for broadcasting and some other conditions.

Anh Van