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

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English language, English.

. 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 List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Shanghai,

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

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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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics ...

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, Literal translation, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi Arabic, Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyad ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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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 p ...

Fukuoka is the List of Japanese cities by population, 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 ...

, 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

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...

, 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 Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metro ...

, 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 ...

, 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 mos ...

, 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 ...

, 2000 * Bank of China Tower, 2000 * Kyoto State Guest House, 2005 * Tokyo Midtown, 2007 * Hoki Museum, 2010 * The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, 2013 * Guangzhou Library, 2013 *

Ruentex Nangang Station Complex The Ruentex Nangang Station Complex () is a set of twin skyscrapers located in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan. The buildings are each in height 30 floors above the ground, with a total floor area of . The towers, designed by the Japanese and ...

, 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 team, football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish footb ...

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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