Kobe City Hall, Municipal government skyscraper in Kanō-chō, Japan.
Kobe City Hall is a 30-story high-rise building housing municipal offices and administrative departments throughout its floors. A public observation lobby on the 24th level offers views across the city, mountains, and coastline beyond.
Building No. 1 was built from 23 January 1987 to 31 August 1989 on the site of the former city assembly hall. The 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake collapsed the sixth floor of Building No. 2, the former main office; its upper floors were removed and it reopened as a five-story building on 15 March 1996. Building No. 2 closed in March 2020 and was demolished from November that year.
The 24th-floor observation lobby, open free of charge, looks over the city and its port. On the first floor, the citizens' lobby received the 2020 Good Design Award. The building stands on the former site of the city assembly hall, next to the East Amusement Park.
Building No. 1 stands at the south end of the site, about 500 m south of Sannomiya Station along Flower Road; Tōyōenchi Park lies just south across Kitamachi-dori. The free observation lobby is on the 24th floor. A new city hall is under construction on the northern part of the site, and Building No. 4, the Crisis Management Center, is on the west side.
Building 1 was completed on 31 August 1989 on the site of the former city assembly hall, and at 132 metres it is the ninth-tallest building in Hyogo Prefecture. The free observation lobby on the 24th floor looks out over the city and the port; the 1st-floor citizens' lobby received a Good Design Award in 2020.
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