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Facts
Population
Source: Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning
2,666,371 (2012)
Area
223 km² • 86 mi²
Density
11,956.8 people per km²
30,968.0 people per mi²
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Tallest City in
Buildings
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RANK
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Name
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Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abeno Harukas | 300 m / 984 ft | |
| 2 | Osaka World Trade Center | 256 m / 840 ft | |
| 3 | The Kitahama | 209 m / 686 ft | |
| 4 | X-Tower Osaka Bay | 201 m / 659 ft | |
| 5 | ORC 200 | 200 m / 656 ft | |
| 6 | Nakanoshima Festival Tower West | 199.3 m / 654 ft | |
| 7 | Nakanoshima Festival Tower | 199 m / 653 ft | |
| 8 | One Dojima | 195 m / 640 ft | |
| 9 | KEPCO Headquarters | 195 m / 640 ft | |
| 10 | Sonezaki 2 Chome Tower | 193 m / 633 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
Videos
18 October 2016
Sustainable (Vertical) Urbanism, Grounded - Three Case Studies
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7a: Urban Environmental...
Research
01 September 2017
Structural Design of Nakanoshima Festival Tower West that Achieved High-Grade Seismic Performance
This paper summarizes the structural concept and design of the “Nakanoshima Festival Tower West” in Osaka, Japan, which is 200m high and has a super-high...
Research
02 June 2017
An Analytical Approach to Measuring the Degree of Urbanity of Urban Building Complexes
The importance of designing urban building complexes so that they obtain ‘urban’ power, rather than become isolated from the surrounding urban context, has been well...
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