Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo, Japan Architects: Tange Associates, Tokyo Client: Mode Gakuen, Tokyo Height: 203 m Jury-rating (extract): »As a high-rise and an educational institute in a dense downtown location the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is unique in trying to define a new typology in quite unprecedented terrain. The building sets a new standard by incorporating the field of education into the world of high-rises, hitherto the preserve of offices and residences.« Photographs: Horiuchi / Shin Shashin Kobo (above) Matsuoka / SS Tokyo (below) back