The Hall of Tokyo Central Telephone and Telegram Communication Traffic School

Outline
This hall accommodates approximately 1,000 people in an educational facility for the NTT Group. A low-rise, low-profile steel shell was realized by using Hubmeyer trusses made of angle and round steel. Various technologies and materials were used with reference to overseas, such as floating clouds for acoustics, Copenhagen ribs, aluminum extruded handrails, and thin PCa for the porte-cochere. Buckminster Fuller visited the building during construction and after completion.
Location
  • Tokyo
Journal
Shinkenchiku 2025:08
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Engineering and Shaping
Category
Long-Span Architecture
Decade
1950s
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