Omotesando Hills

Omotesando Hills (表参道ヒルズ, Omotesandō hiruzu) is a shopping complex in central Tokyo built in 2005 in a series of urban developments by Mori Building.

The construction of Omotesando Hills, built at a cost of $330 million, was marked by controversy.

[1] The building replaced the Bauhaus-inspired Dōjunkai Aoyama Apartments, which had been built in 1927 after the 1923 Kantō earthquake.

[2] The demolition of the apartments again raised questions about Japan's interest in preserving historic buildings.

[3] Minoru Mori noted that there had been resistance from local landowners to the use of Ando as architect, saying that they were concerned that his buildings were too fashionable for the area.