Nikken Sekkei to design Vietnam’s TV tower
Vietnam’s 636-m tall TV tower is being designed by Nikken Sekkei. The design will be submitted to investors in April.
The design agreement was signed between VTV and Nikken Sekkei in mid-August 2014.
The Vietnam Television (VTV), the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), and BRG, a private group operating in the fields of golf courses and finance-banking, have formed a company to invest in this project.
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| The seven TV towers designed by Nikken Sekkei. |
According to VTV Online, Shigeru Yoshino, chief architect of Nickel Sekkei, is the person in charge of designing the TV tower for Vietnam. On the company website, he is introduced as the person who was responsible for designing the Sky Tree TV tower in Tokyo, which is considered the highest TV tower in Asia today (634m).
Tran Binh Minh, General Director of Vietnam Television, said the tower will be 636m tall, the tallest in the world. The tower will be placed at the center of the Tay Ho Tay (West West Lake) new urban area, on an area of 14 hectares.
The Sky Tree TV tower in Tokyo was built over four years, at the cost of approximately $440 million at the time. In the first week, it attracted 1.6 million visitors.
Nikken Sekkei was founded in 1900, having more than 20,000 projects in 40 countries. It has designed many super high-rise buildings, industrial parks and offices to address high population density.
The company participated in the design of about seven TV towers in Japan and China. This firm is based in Tokyo and has branch offices in China, South Korea, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).