The NOA building is a landmark 15-storey building located in Tokyo’s Azabu district in Minato. Designed by Japanese architect Seiichi Shirai, it was built in 1974.[1] Facing Sakurada Street and Gaien-Higashi Street, the building is notable for its extensive use of brick stones and large entrance. It consists of a red-brick base of about 8 meters height and a copper sulfate shaped as an elliptical cylinder upper part with almost no windows (with only a full-length one on the 8th or 9th floor),[2] and hosts the Embassy of Fiji.[3] It has a height of 61.75 meters, with 15 floors above and 2 below ground.[4]
The design of the building was entrusted to Seiichi Shirai by founder Yoshitsuru Nagao, whose real estate corporation was founded in 1969. The building was completed in 1974.[5]
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edit- ^ Kohte, Susanne; Adam, Hubertus; Hubert, Daniel (20 March 2017). Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan (Susanne Kohte, Hubertus Adam, Daniel Hubert ed.). ISBN 9783035607154.
- ^ "NOA building". mimoa.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Embassy of the Republic of Fiji - Japan, Russia, Philippines
- ^ "NOA Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "History｜NOA BUILDING CORPORATION". www.noa-building.co.jp. Retrieved 24 July 2021.