- Takenaka Corporation
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company_name = Takenaka Corporation
株式会社竹中工務店
company_
company_type = Private K.K.
company_slogan =
foundation = Nagoya,Japan (1610)
location =Osaka ,Japan
key_people =Toichi Takenaka , President and CEO
num_employees = 7,743 (2005)
industry =Construction ,Architecture ,Engineering
products =
revenue =US$ 9 billion (2005)
homepage = [http://www.takenaka.co.jp/ http://www.takenaka.co.jp/] nihongo|Takenaka Corporation|株式会社竹中工務店|Kabushiki-gaisha Takenaka Kōmuten is the biggest architecture, engineering, and construction firm in JapanThe company's website also claims it to be the oldest firm of that type anywhere in the world, [ [http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/company/history.html History of Takenaka | Company Overview | TAKENAKA CORPORATION ] ] since the demise of
Kongō Gumi which was substantially older [ [http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/oldworld.html Family Business - The World's Oldest Family Companies ] ] . Both company originate from family of architect-carpenter (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 went on like 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 isToichi 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 , theTokyo Dome (the first large-scale stadium with air-supported membrane roof in Japan), theFukuoka Dome (Japan's first large-scale stadium with retractable roof), and theKobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel among others.Among its proposals, is the
Sky City 1000 project.References
External links
* [http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/ Takenaka Corporation]
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