Nikken Sekkei

K. K. Nikken Sekkei (Japanese株式会社 日 建 设计, Kabushiki - gaisha Nikken Sekkei, Eng. Nikken Sekkei Ltd. ) Is a Japanese architecture firm. The office founded in 1900, is the oldest of Japan and has over 2800 employees and a trunk capacity of 460 million yen and the largest design office in the country. Head of the office is in Chiyoda, which belongs to the prefecture of Tokyo. More branches maintains the company in Osaka, Nagoya, Kyushu and Tohoku. There are also two overseas branches in Los Angeles and Singapore.

The architectural firm has designed over 20,000 projects in over 40 countries and implemented, mainly in Asia. It offers planning performance of the architecture also engineering services and other services. The office is known mainly for its numerous high-rise tower structures such as, for example, also for the currently highest television tower in the world, the Tokyo Skytree.

Name

The company name Nikken Sekkei is an acronym of the first letters of the Japanese words for " Japan" (Ni -hon ) and "architecture" (ken - chiku ) composed and the word " planning " has been added.

Structure

The architectural firm makes in addition to the basic design for buildings in addition also tasks in interior design, urban planning, civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape design, supply technology as well as in research and development.

For this reason, the company is divided into regions, which are reflected in the following eight sub-companies:

  • K. K. Nikken Sekkei Sogo Kenkyujo (日 建 设计 総 合 研究所, Eng. Nikken Sekkei Research Institute)
  • K. K. Nikken Sekkei Civil (日建設計 シビル, Eng. Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd. )
  • Nikken Sekkei Management Solutions K. K. (日建設計 マネジメント ソリューションズ, Engl ~ Inc.)
  • Nikken Sekkei Construction Management K. K. (日建設計 コンストラクション マネジメント, Eng. ~ Inc.)
  • K. K. Nikken Housing System (日建 ハウジング システム, Eng. ~ Co., Ltd.).
  • K. K. Nikken Space Design ( .日建 スペース デザイン, Eng. ~ Ltd. )
  • K. K. Hokkaido Nikken Sekkei ( .北海道 日 建 设计, Eng. Hokkaido Nikken Sekkei Co., Ltd. )
  • K. K. Building Performance Consulting (ビルディング パフォーマンス コンサルティング, Eng. ~ Inc.)

Structures ( selection)

  • Burj Al Alam (currently suspended )
  • Tokyo Skytree (2012 )
  • Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers (2008)
  • Hoki Museum (2010)
  • One Lujiazui (2008)
  • TV Tower Seto (2003)
  • Pola Museum of Art ( 2002)
  • Osaka Dome ( 1997)
  • Osaka World Trade Center ( 1995)
  • NEC Super Tower (1990 )
  • Kobe Port Tower (1963 )
  • Tokyo Tower (1958 ), along with Naito Tachu
  • Sapporo TV Tower (1957 ), along with Naito Tachu
  • Nagoya TV Tower (1954 ), along with Naito Tachu

Prices

The Office Nikken Sekkei has been honored only in the last 20 years with more than 150, some international awards for his work. Among them was for example also the IABSE Outstanding Structure Award 2010 for the construction of the Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers and the World Architecture Festival Award 2010.

Types of business entity Chiyoda, Tokyo Tōhoku region Landscape planning NEC Supertower Kenneth Frampton BauNetz
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