The £23tn Tokyo Tower of Babel that dwarfed Everest
In 1992, a professor unveiled plans for a 10,000m Tokyo skyscraper to house 30 million people. We explore why the £23 trillion mega-project never left the drawing board.
In 1992, a professor unveiled plans for a 10,000m Tokyo skyscraper to house 30 million people. We explore why the £23 trillion mega-project never left the drawing board.
Discover the story of the X-Seed 4000, a 1995 concept for a 4km-tall skyscraper to house a million people. Explore why this Tokyo Bay megastructure was never built.