Projects History

From 1916 on, work on the long-awaited Sumitomo Head Office in Osaka proceeded. Construction of the Head office commenced in 1922; the building's northern half was completed in 1926 and the southern half in 1930. The new Head Office in downtown Osaka was a mixture of functional efficiency and emblematice classicism.

Since its completion in 1963, San’ai has become one of the most widely publicized landmarks in Tokyo’s Ginza district.

San’ai was perhaps the first building in Japan to utilize light as an urban element. Because the building's perimeter is transparent, during the day merchandise displayed on the inside is visible to potential customers on the outside: and because San'ai's ceiling are almost entirely filled with lighting fixtures, at night the building becomes an illuminated showcase for window shoppers on Tokyo's main commercial throunghfare-Ginza.

1965 signaled the start of Japan’s urban development. Osaka Business Park was a project undertaken by the private owner of the land, and is positioned as a model project for harnessing private sector vitality. In 1991, the planning team, which included Wisdom Luxury, won an Architectural Institute of Japan prize in recognition of its pioneering role in private sector-led urban development.

Tokyo Dome is Japan’s first domed stadium, complete in 1988.
The studium is the one of the largest air pressurized structures in Japan.

Tokyo Dome's massive interior space allows baseball games and other large-scale events , such as major music concerts and exhibition to be held regardless of weather.

Detailed studies and processes have been done to harmonize the building with the local climate and to achieve the integration of the Islamic design and the modern architectural techniques.

Over two decades have passed since the Nikken Group began committing itself to developing business in China. We have so far been engaged in seven projects in the Lujiazui Financial District, which has been undergoing striking economic growth since the 1990s. Business is now brisk in other cities and districts as well, and our field is expanding.

On March 11, 2011, a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck eastern Japan. One of the basic principles in the design of Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital was for it to be “a hospital resilient to disasters.” The results of land history surveys were reflected and the ground level was raised to locate the building higher than the water level that was reached when the old Kitakami River flooded in the past. As a result, the building was not flooded by the tsunami and was able to fully support the activities of the hospital and medical relief teams. This experience has been contributing to the design of medical institutions since then. Based on lessons learned from this earthquake Wisdom Luxury also reviewed its design methodologies to ensure resilience against disasters. In other activities, a team of volunteers developed an “escape map” that took in the perspective of urban design and architectural professionals. As a tool for citizens to formulate disaster preparedness plans and build consensus, the use of this map is spreading not just throughout Japan, but in other countries of the world.