Takenaka Corporation (株式会社竹中工務店, Kabushiki-gaisha Takenaka Kōmuten) is one of the largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms in Japan. Its headquarters is located in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Takenaka has 8 domestic offices in Japan and overseas offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
The Takenaka corporation designed and built the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum.
The company's website claims it to be the oldest firm of that type anywhere in the world, since the demise of Kongō Gumi which was substantially older. Both companies originate from a family of architect-carpenters (Miyadaiku).
In 1610 Tobei Masataka Takenaka (竹中 藤兵衛正高), a shrine and temple carpenter, started a business in Nagoya. The business continued as a family business and built some of the first Western-style buildings during the last half of 19th century, most of them in Nagoya. In 1899 Toemon Takenaka (竹中 藤右衛門), 14th generation descendant of the original founder, established a branch office in Kobe and founded Takenaka Corporation as an official company.
The company grew more and more during the 20th century, its capital in 1909 was about ¥100.000, ¥6 million in 1938, ¥1.5 billion in 1959 and ¥50 billion in 1979; nowadays, Takenaka Corporation is a multinational company with offices in 18 different countries. Its president is Toichi Takenaka (竹中 統一) (June 2004).
The company is now regarded in Japan as one of the "Big Five" contractors ranked with Kajima, Obayashi, Shimizu and Taisei, and has a long history of designing buildings. The firm has built some of the most important buildings in Japan, including the Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Dome (the first large-scale stadium with air-supported membrane roof in Japan), the Fukuoka Dome (Japan's first large-scale stadium with retractable roof), and the Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel among others.
Among its proposals is the Sky City 1000 project.
It reconstructed the Suzakumon in Nara.
Planning & Consulting
Design
Construction
Renewal
Technology & Engineering
Research and development
1610 ( Keicho 15 years) - Nobunaga Oda former vassal, founded founder Takenaka Hyoe Fuji Masataka is in Nagoya. The erecting of shrines and temples to work.
1899 ( Meiji 1957) - 14 Daitake Nakatoh MigiEmon, advance to Kobe, and founding the first year. And construction Mitsui Bank Kobe Onohama warehouse.
1909- partnership Takenaka establishment. A branch of the Nagoya head office in Kobe. 100,000 yen capital.
1923 ( Taisho 12 years) - the head office in Osaka moved to, and branch office in Kobe head office.
1935 - Kobe mosque construction.
1937 ( Showa 12 years) - Established Takenaka Corporation. 1.5 million yen in capital. President Takenaka FujimigiEmon.
1945 - to Takenaka FujimigiEmon is chairman, one smelting Takenaka became president.
1958 - Tokyo Tower construction.
1980 - to Takenaka smelting one is chairman, Takenaka unification became president.
1984 - Kobe Takenaka founding land, Chuo-ku, in Zhongshan hand, corporate museum "to commemorate the 85 anniversary Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum opened"
1988 - is a multi-purpose stadium due to Japan's first air film structure Tokyo Dome completed.
1993 ( Heisei 5 years) - which is Japan's first roof retractable multi-purpose stadium Fukuoka Dome completed.
1997 - Osaka Dome , Nagoya Dome , International Stadium Yokohama completed.
2004 - the Tokyo head office, Tokyo Koto-ku, new construction relocation to.
2006 - Midland Square (Nagoya) completed.
2007 - Tokyo Midtown , Shin-Marunouchi Building completed.
2010 - Founding 400 anniversary
2013 - announced the president from outside the first founding family.
Nagoya TV Tower
Tokyo Tower
Nippon Budokan
Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
Okinawa Convention Center
Hankyu Umeda Station
Kobe Port Tower
Prada Tokyo (with Herzog and de Meuron)
Miu Miu Tokyo (with Herzog and de Meuron)
Maison Hermes (with Renzo Piano)
Expocity
Historic Buildings and Religious Architecture
Suzakumon
Church of St. Ignatius
Meiji Seimei Kan
Seishoji temple
Imperial Military Academy
Kwansei Gakuin University UekeHara Campus Mita Campus
Keio University (Shinanomachi) School of Medicine Integrated Medical Research Building
Sophia University Building No. 2
Meiji University Liberty Tower
Konan University 13 Building
Kobe Gakuin University Port Island campus
Kobe International University
Kansai University Naofumikan
Kansai University Takatsuki Muse campus
Kawasaki College of Allied Health Professions gymnasium
Tokyo University of Science Oshamambe campus
Tokyo Dome
Osaka Dome
Sapporo Dome
Fukuoka Dome
Nagoya Dome
International Stadium Yokohama
Okayama Prefecture athletics stadium Momotaro Stadium
Ibaraki Prefectural Kashima Soccer Stadium
Abenobashi Terminal Building - Harukas tallest building in Japan, design collaboration with César Pelli
Midland Square
Shin-Marunouchi Building
Tokyo Midtown
Crystal Tower
TV Asahi new headquarters
Umeda Hankyu Building
Kobe Hankyu Building
Tokyo Shiodome Building
Second Yoshimoto Building
Shin Umeda City, Umeda Sky Building
Nippon Club Tower
Tokyo Sankei Building
Pacific Century Place Marunouchi
Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. Head Office Building
Nintendo headquarters building
Kikkoman Noda headquarters
Kyocera headquarters building
Tokyo Opera City
Morita headquarters building
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation building ( firefly town ) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation old building, Osaka Tower, Hotel Plaza demolition
Audio-Technica new Headquarters
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Kanazawa (with SANAA)
Sagawa Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Otsuka Museum of Art
MOA Museum of Art
Ikuo Hirayama Museum of Art
Pola Museum of Art
Izumi City Kubo Sou Memorial Museum of Art
Tempozan Harbor Village , Kaiyukan
Shima Spain Village
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
Kuzunoha Tower City
Moto-Azabu Hills
Rokko Island City, "East Court 11 Avenue"
Elsa Tower 55
Tennozu View Tower
CapitaGreen (with Toyo Ito)
Plants and Research Laboratories
Suntory World Research Center
Zeria Pharmaceutical Tsukuba Plant
Toyota Industries Corporation Information Technology Institute
Nichia headquarters third research building
Tateyama brewing headquarters factory
Sanyo Denki Technology Center
Yanmar Diesel Co., Ltd. Biwa Plant
Stanley Electric Hatano new Building 2
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
Kanazawa Manten Hotel Station
Jichi Medical University Hospital New Building
Kawasaki Medical School Hospital West Wing Building
Kyushu University Hospital South Tower
Kitasato University Hospital new building
