Record #00513Architecture archive
Completed in 1997 in Odate, Akita, Japan, the Odate Jukai Dome has a self-supporting timber roof measuring 178 m along its long axis and 157 m along its short axis, recognised for its exceptional single-span wooden structure.
Current Record
178m
Current record value
The multi-purpose sports venue was designed and built by a team including Toyo Ito & Associates and Takenaka Corporation, using Akita cedar structural members alongside steel connectors and membrane cladding.
The broad roof shelters sporting and other events without intermediate columns across the main area. Its 178 m figure refers to the long axis, not floor area or speed. The record page's 'metres per second' metadata is inconsistent with the descriptive measurement in metres.
The record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
The Guinness prose lists 178 m and 157 m as dome axes; its structured What field mistakenly renders 178 metres per second, an incompatible speed unit. The record uses 178 m as a length; Takenaka documents construction in 1997 and the design team.
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