Skyscraper Of The Year Award Goes To Tokyo University Tower

摘要

Tokyo's Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower has been selected as the winner of the Emporis Skyscraper of the Year award for 2008. It achieved a score of 77 voting points. This university building in Tokyo's Shinjuku district was selected out of 384 eligible buildings worldwide over 100m tall which were completed in 2008.rnThe jury of 20 Emporis senior editors from around the globe praised the building's 'expressive' design and the 'remarkable environment' it provides for its users, who include faculty and 10 000 students at three vocational universities. Designed by Tange Associates, the 203.65m skyscraper is the second-tallest educational building in the world (surpassed only by Moscow State University), and the tallest constructed since 1953.