This building was built to replace the old "Saiwai Building" that had been up since its construction 44 years ago in the Senba area of Osaka. It was a model project for building renewal that is expected to increase in urban areas. To ensure safety, energy conservation and long life, the building includes a vibration control system that uses small braces, and a complete thermal storage system. It has a monotone expression, with transparent windows and a low-key alloy color form, making for a dominating façade even while being kept suppressed.

Client: JTB Estate Corp.
Location: 2-1-25 Kyutaro, Chuo-ku, Osaka City
Design/Construction: Takenaka Corporation
Structure: Steel-framed reinforced concrete, Steel
Number of floors: 3 Fl. below and 14 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 16,187 m²

This is a riverside condominium with plenty of greenery that is located near the center of Hiroshima City, between Kyobashi River Park and Tsurumi Park on the eastern and western sides. To make the most of the features of the site, the buildings were designed as two towers, on the east and west. With only one unit on each floor, the two towers are linked by an open corridor, giving the impression of a single-standing house, even though it is a condominium. To give a light and sharp feeling, the balconies have been designed in glass and aluminum, and the exterior is in a light, gray tone.

Client: Eisen Realty Co., Ltd.
Location: 10-7 Tsurumi-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City
Design/Construction: Takenaka Corporation
Structure: Steel-framed reinforced concrete
Number of floors: 15 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 2,770 m²

This new educational facility was planned for the inner-city area of Osaka. With the theme of "open school," a building was planned that could transmit a new program to the inner-city. The glass screen over the entire façade has openings from one slab to the next. By making the earthquake-resistant elements into the RC wall on the gable side and into the brace surfaces on the south side, the frame could be built without using any beams.

Client: Osaka Designers' College
Location: 2-34-1 Shinchi, Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka City
Design/Construction: Takenaka Corporation
Structure: Steel
Number of floors: 5 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 1,635 m²

This research facility was constructed at one of Matsushita Communication Industrial's plants in the suburbs of Yokohama as a key facility in steps planned to convert the company's production facilities into research centers. While giving consideration to energy conservation and LCC, the exterior of the building has an appropriate sharp image for a leading company, and the interior consists of highly effective, functional and flexible research space. The aim was to construct a "suburban research facility" prototype.

Client: Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd.
Location: 600 Saedo-cho, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama City
Design: Takenaka Corporation
Construction: Takenaka Corporation and one other company (JV)
Structure: Steel
Number of floors: 7 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 27,729 m²

Built in the business center of the Fushimi area, this graduate school is aimed at adults. The existing office building with a triangular roof was bought and refurbished. The "glass box" classroom wing was newly built, face to face with it. The large glass exterior with geometric patterns can give various kinds of expressions to the city by adjusting the angle of the electric blinds and lighting up the electric blackout curtains, displaying the "classroom space" activities to the outside.

Client: The Educational Institute of Kurimoto Gakuen
Location: 1-20-1 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya City
Design/Construction: Takenaka Corporation
Structure: Steel
Number of floors: 4 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 2,297 m²

Opened in the sake brewing area of Nada, this complex contains an exhibition hall for this refined sake maker, as well as restaurants and retail outlets. The simple, open and natural exterior consists of a large tiled-roof with long eaves, plaster walls, second-floor windows with grating, and protruding grating, in an attempt to carry on the traditions of the "history and memories of the town." Centered on a huge beam-structured, two-floor atrium with earth-floor passageway, the interior has a relaxed atmosphere, aimed at a dignified spatial design created by the traditional roof truss. Some old materials were brought in, making the most of recycling wood resources.

Client: Hakutaka Co., Ltd.
Location: 5-1 Kurakake-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Design/Construction: Takenaka Corporation
Structure: Wood, Reinforced concrete
Number of floors: 2 Fl. above ground
Total floor space: 755 m²