Shinjuku, Tokyo: what building is this?

Question

I visited Shinjuku in November of 2007 and fell in love with this building (click on link below). I'm an architecture student and I would like to know more about this building, such as the name, architect, estimated completion date, etc. I haven't had much luck finding info about it on the web. Any details would be much appreciated. Thank you!

Please check out Photobucket link to see building:

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll424/1NCowan1/shinjukuspaghetti.jpg

P.S. - Sorry that the street name in the photo is unclear, yet it's such a distinctive building, it shouldn't be too hard to identify.

Answer 1

a quick search for "Shinjuku new construction"

came up with this:

A new school building of "Mode Gakuen (a vocational college)" under construction in Nishi-Shinjuku.

and this photo. It is interesting, specially now that it's finished.

another link:

I’m sure everyone has seen that new building they’re building on the west side of Shinjuku. In case you didn’t know, that’s the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower. Mode Gakuen モード学園 is a school for design. What kind of design I’m not sure exactly but from the looks of it they must have a lot of money to be able to build such a building in the middle of Shinjuku. No doubt they’re probably like other trade schools in Japan (called 専門学校 senmon gakko) where the school acts like a quasi-sweatshop, work gets outsourced to the schools which the students do for little to zero pay. The school reaps the profits from the work the students are doing AND also collects tuition from them which is usually some ridiculous amount on par with private universities. The students gain experience working on “real work” which can help them get started professional once they graduate. So it’s kind of a win-win situation. As for the building, well I think on paper these kinds of designs seem kind of cool but design tastes change quickly and this building already looks dated to me.