Umeda Sky Building

The Umeda Sky Building stands next to JR Osaka station in the heart of Shin Umeda City, a sprawling urban area. The building consists of two 40-story structures that are connected at the top floors. It is the world's first high-rise structure of its design and full-glass Fujitec observation elevators installed on the outside wall of the building command an exhilarating view.

  • Elevator
  • Office
  • Japan
  • Capacity:over 1150kg
  • Speed:over 150m/min
  • 1990s
Building name
Umeda Sky Building
Address
Umeda, Osaka
Client
Sekisui House, Ltd.
Design and supervision
Hiroshi Hara + ATELIER /Kimura Structural Engineers/Takenaka Corp.
Construction
Joint Venture of Takenaka Corp./Obayashi Corp./Kajima Corp.
Completion
1993

Specifications

Elevator Total units 2
Model Use Loading (kg) Capacity (person) Speed (m/min) Stop number of
floors (floor)
unit
AC-GL Passenger 1350 20 150 3 2
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