Nikken Sekkei (日建設計) is an architectural, planning and engineering firm from Japan, with headquarters in

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. Today (2019), Nikken Sekkei ranks as the second largest architectural practice in the world.

Staff and Offices

As of 2019, the group employs 2,685 workers and has completed more than 25,000 projects in more than 50 countries. Nikken Sekkei's International offices are in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

, Shanghai,

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Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...

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; while the Japanese branches are located in:

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...

, and

Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date M ...

. The newest office opened in 2018 in

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, Thailand.

History

Nikken Sekkei dates its origins back to 1900, as an offspring of

Sumitomo Corporation is one of the largest worldwide ''sogo shosha'' general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group. It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges ...

. Under the name of ''Sumitomo Temporary Architecture Department,'' it was founded in response to Sumitomo's need to establish a headquarters. The company established its independence from the Sumitomo Corporation in the 1950s under the name ''Nikken Sekkei Komu Co. Ltd.'' As a private practice since 1970, Nikken Sekkei has maintained its In-house Shareholder Corporate System and is partly owned by its employees. Nikken Sekkei together with Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI), Hokkaido Nikken Sekkei, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering (NSC), Nikken Housing System Ltd (NHS), Nikken Space Design (NSD), Nikken Sekkei Construction Management (NCM) forms the Nikken Group.

President and CEO

Tadao Kamei has served as CEO and President of Nikken Sekkei since 2015.

Selected projects

* Osaka Library, 1904 * Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Osaka Head Office, 1930 *

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At , it is the second- tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and ...

, 1958 * San’ai Dream Center, Tokyo, 1963 *

Shinjuku NS Building The is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The name comes from co-developers, Nihon Seimei and Sumitomo. Construction of the 134 metre, 30-story skyscraper was completed in 1982. It made an appearance in the film The Return of Godzil ...

, Tokyo, 1982 *

Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of th ...

, 1988 * Trade Tower,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, 1988 *

Cairo Opera House The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mo ...

, 1988 *

Pacifico Yokohama Pacifico Yokohama (パシフィコ横浜, ''Pashifiko Yokohama''), officially known as , is a convention and exhibition center in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The center located in the western tip of waterfront Minato Mirai 21 district ...

, 1991 * Islamic development Bank Headquarters, Jeddah, 1993 * Dubai Chamber of Commerce building, 1995 * Queen's Square Yokohama, 1997 *

Saitama Super Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...

, 2000 * Bank of China Tower, 2000 *

Kyoto State Guest House is one of the two state guest houses of the Government of Japan. The other state guesthouse is the Akasaka Palace. History During the Edo period (1603 – 1868) a Garden House and multiple mansions of aristocrats stood in the northeastern part ...

, 2005 * Tokyo Midtown, 2007 *

Hoki Museum is located in Midori-ku, Chiba, Japan. It opened on 3 November 2010 and is the country's first museum dedicated to Realist painting. The collection of over three hundred works includes pieces by and . Tomohiko Yamanashi & Taro Nakamoto (Nikke ...

, 2010 * The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, 2013 *

Guangzhou Library Guangzhou Library () is a public library in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, China. The library has just moved to a new building in Zhujiang New Town, which fully opened on 23 June 2013. The old building in Zhongshan Road has been clos ...

, 2013 * Ruentex Nangang Station Complex, 2014 * YKK 80 Building, 2015 * Tokyo Plaza Ginza, 2016 * Ariake Gymnastics Centre, 2019 * One Za'abeel, 2022 Among other notable projects, Nikken Sekkei was the primary architectural firm for the

Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...

for the redesign of the largest stadium in Europe. and in 2018, Sumitomo Forestry, in collaboration with Nikken Sekkei, announced the study of W350 Project, the future tallest timber tower (350 meters) and Japan tallest building.

Group companies

* Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI): Focused on the environment, energy and city management fields. It conducts researches, making policy recommendations and surveys, project and planning support services. * Hokkaido Nikken Sekkei: Specialized in architectural design and programming; urban, regional, and environmental planning, and related investigation and consulting for extreme-cold weather condition regions. * Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering (NSC): Specialized in urban development, urban infrastructure, manufacturing facilities, geotechnical and marine environment investigation, planning, design management and consulting services. * Nikken Housing System Ltd (NHS): Specialized multiple dwelling complex planning, design and administration together with the related surveying, research, and product development. * Nikken Space Design (NSD): Specialized in space design and administration services, focusing on architectural interiors, furniture and component design. * Nikken Sekkei Construction Management (NCM): Specialized in construction management incorporating advances technology services throughout every stage of a construction project.

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