The sleek and modern exterior of Breezé Tower in Osaka, designed by Christoph Ingenhoven, featuring a distinctive curved glass facade that stands out in the city's skyline.
The sleek and modern exterior of Breezé Tower in Osaka, designed by Christoph Ingenhoven, featuring a distinctive curved glass facade that stands out in the city's skyline.
PROJECTS / BREEZÉ TOWER
One of the first environmentally friendly highrises in Japan
The client for this 177-meter tall high-rise building is the Sankei Building Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan's Fuji Broadcasting Company. Situated on National Road No. 2 in Osaka's Umeda business district, the new structure replaces a building from the 1950s.
The floor plan allows for highly flexible usage. A nine-story podium, featuring a large concert and event hall with a capacity of 960 people, restaurants, conference rooms, and a shopping mall, establishes an important new pedestrian connection in Umeda.
The Breezé Tower is Japan's first environmentally-friendly skyscraper with a double-skin glass façade, enabling natural ventilation of the interiors. Rated as "S-Class" by the Japanese CASBEE system, the Breezé Tower has achieved the highest possible rating for ecological architecture in Japan.
Data
Competition 2004, 1st prize
Construction Start 2005
Completion 2008
Client Sankei Building Corporation
GFA 76.000 m²
Green Building Casbee S class
Credits
Structural Engineering
Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei
Building Services
Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei
Awards
2010
The International Highrise Award 2010 – nominated
2009
CTBUH Awards 2009 – nominated
