Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Collaboration with Top Global Innovators

Top global creators who were invited to join the Azabudai Hills project came together to refine the overall plan.
The appearance of the three skyscrapers was designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners (USA), who designed skyscrapers that became landmarks in many countries. They also designed Mori Building's Atago Green Hills and ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower in Tokyo. César Pelli, a founder of Pelli Clarke & Partners and a great architect, believed that individual architectural designs exist to make better cities, which closely matched the philosophy of Mori Building.

Development with the World's Top Innovators

Public realm and lower-level architecture was created by Heatherwick Studio (UK) led by Thomas Heatherwick, a designer who has worked on many ingenious projects such as the Olympic Cauldron for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Azabudai Hills is the studio's first project in Japan to go into construction.

Under the strong leadership of Mori Building, these talented creators all over the world came together to realize a highly diverse yet harmoniously unified large-scale urban complex.

Main participating architects, creators and designers

  • Thomas Heatherwick, Founder of Heatherwick Studio (UK)
  • César Pelli (dec.), Pelli Clarke & Partners (US)
  • Fred Clarke, Pelli Clarke & Partners (US)
  • Sou Fujimoto, Sou Fujimoto Architects (Japan)
  • Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu, Yabu Pushelberg (Canada, US)
  • Marco Costanzi, Marco Costanzi Architects (Italy)
  • Soo K. Chan, SCDA Architects (Singapore)
  • Tyler Brûlé, Winkreative (Switzerland)