The NOA building is a landmark 15-storey building located in Tokyo’s Azabu district in Minato. Designed by Japanese architect Seiichi Shirai, it was built in 1974.[1] Facing Sakurada Street and Gaien-Higashi Street, the building is notable for its extensive use of brick stones and large entrance. It consists of a red-brick base of about 8 meters height and a copper sulfate shaped as an elliptical cylinder upper part with almost no windows (with only a full-length one on the 8th or 9th floor),[2] and hosts the Embassy of Fiji.[3] It has a height of 61.75 meters, with 15 floors above and 2 below ground.[4]

Noa building in Tokyo.

The design of the building was entrusted to Seiichi Shirai by founder Yoshitsuru Nagao, whose real estate corporation was founded in 1969. The building was completed in 1974.[5]

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  1. ^ Kohte, Susanne; Adam, Hubertus; Hubert, Daniel (20 March 2017). Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan (Susanne Kohte, Hubertus Adam, Daniel Hubert ed.). ISBN 9783035607154.
  2. ^ "NOA building". mimoa.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Embassy of the Republic of Fiji - Japan, Russia, Philippines
  4. ^ "NOA Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "History|NOA BUILDING CORPORATION". www.noa-building.co.jp. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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