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Corporate History1928~2010

Date Yamashita Sekkei History World Events

1928

Yamashita Toshiro Architectural Office established

1929

Beginning of Great Depression

1930

Rising temperatures in Europe confirmed
Swiss Alps glaciers receding

1931

Taiyo Shokai Building
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Tsurumi Works, No. 8 Building

1932

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. Head Office
Meiji Sugar Co. Kawasaki Plant, research laboratory

1933

Sanshi Kaikan
Mitsui & Co. Nagoya Branch

1934

Takamitsu Factory

1935

Nippon Kogaku K.K. Ohi Plant

Fudo (The Climate) by Tetsuro Watsuji published (Japan)

1936

Etajima Imperial Naval Academy, Naval History Museum
Nagoya Kanko Hotel
NHK Broadcasting Hall (Uchisaiwai-cho)

1937

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. Hino Subfactory
Showa Aircraft Industry Co.

1938

Koganei Country Club
Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Corp. Kawasaki Plant, main building

1939

Manchuria Salt Industry Co. Jinxian Office (China)

Outbreak of World War II

1940

Dai-Nippon Engyo Shuangdao Bay salt factory (Dairen, China)
Toyo Kinzoku Corp. Sinuiju potassium chlorate processing plant (China)

1941

Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Fuchu Works, electric locomotive plant
Tohoku Steel Co.

Start of Pacific War

1942

Tokyo Professional School of Photography
Imperial Navy, Kanazawa No. 3 steelmaking laboratory

1943

Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Fuchu Works
Nippon Kogaku K.K. Kawasaki-Kita Plant

1944

Nippon Kogaku K.K. Kawasaki-Minami Plant

1945

Industrial Bank of Japan family dormitory and employee housing

End of Pacific War
Japanese Constitution proclaimed

1946

Sendai Office established (now Tohoku Branch)

1947

Yurin Shokai
Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.

1948

Name changed to Yamashita Toshiro Design Office
Osaka Office established (now Kansai Branch)

1949

Sapporo Office established (now Hokkaido Branch)
NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Station

1950

Osaka Family Court
Miyagi Baseball Stadium

Building Standards Act and
Architects Act enacted (Japan)

1951

Kirin Brewery Company Sendai Plant
Toho Bank Head Office

Japan joins World Health Organization
San Francisco Peace Treaty signed

1952

Industrial Bank of Japan Head Office, new wing
Fukushima City Hall

1953

Kokura District Court
Meiji University Graduate School

Start of NHK TV broadcasting (Japan)

1954

Fukushima Office opened
Fukushima Prefectural Office
Kahoku Shimpo head office
Bank of Japan Kanazawa Branch
Toyama City Hall

1955

Kasumigaseki Country Club clubhouse
Sanwa Bank Head Office
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple worshippers’ hall

1956

Nagoya Office established (now Chubu Branch)
Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation Kyoto Hospital
Kasuga Town Hall

Official discovery of Minamata disease (Japan)

1957

Ogochi Reservoir management office
NHK Nemuro Broadcasting Station
Tokyo Nissan Motor headquarters

1958

Fukushima Prefectural Library
Ishinomaki City Hall

Water Quality Control Act enacted (Japan)
Tokyo Tower completed

1959

Fukushima Public Hall & City Library
Kuwana Country Club clubhouse

1960

Bank of Yokohama Head Office
Osaka Kogin Building
NHK Hiroshima Broadcasting Center
Koyasan treasure repository
Nippon Oil Seal Industry Co. Fujisawa Plant
Hakone Kanko Hotel

Start of color TV broadcasts (Japan)

1961

NHK Sendai Broadcasting Center
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Center

Agricultural Basic Act enacted (Japan)

1962

Yasuda Life Insurance Building
TBS Main Broadcasting Center

Silent Spring by Rachel Carlson published

1963

Hoya Glass Musashi Plant
Tohoku Broadcasting Co. headquarters
NHK Asahikawa Broadcasting Center

Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller published

1964

TBS Kaikan
Hokkaido Bank Head Office
NHK Kushiro Broadcasting Center

Tokyo Olympics

1965

Protective building of Chusonji Temple Golden Hall
Iwate Prefectural Office
Sendai City Hall
NHK Broadcasting Center

First smog alert issued in Tokyo

1966

NHK Toyama Broadcasting Center
Shizuoka Prefectural Kusanagi Gymnasium

1967

Yamagata Office opened
Tokyo Rosai Hospital

Environmental Pollution Prevention Act enacted (Japan)

1968

Fukushima Prefecture Office, west wing
Okayama City Hall
Mitsui Kasumigaseki Building
Nagoya Gakuin University Shinanodai Campus

City Planning Act enacted (Japan)

1969

Fukuoka Office established (now Kyushu Branch)
Shizuoka Prefectural Library
Nagoya Civic Hall
Chukyo Racecourse
Honjo City Hall

Apollo moon landing

1970

Takatsuki City Hall
Karatsu City Culture Hall
Yamagata Prefectural Museum
Aomori Bank Head Office

Population of Japan tops 100 million (national census)
14 laws on pollution enacted (Japan)

1971

Itami City Library and Museum
Nara City Central Gymnasium
Fukushima Prefectural Office, west wing

Environmental Agency established (Japan)
Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO) launched
The Limits to Growth by Club of Rome published

1972

Yonezawa City Gymnasium
Nishinomiya City Hall
Hikone City Hall

First oil crisis (Japan )

1973

Kitakyushu City General Library
Sendai Civic Hall
NHK Broadcasting Center renovation
Koriyama General Gymnasium
Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. Hino Subfactory

1974

Name changed to Yamashita Sekkei Inc.
Chigasaki City Hall

1975

Saitama Cancer Center
Yamagata Prefectural Office

1976

Chiyoda Heiankaku ceremony hall
Obihiro Prison

1977

Hokkaido Shrine
University of Tsukuba School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, research and educational facilities

1978

Nagaoka University of Technology
Ichinoseki City Hall

Second oil crisis (Japan)
Energy Efficiency Act enacted (Japan)

1979

Yokohama Branch established
Koiwai Dairy Products Iwate Factory
Shirayuri College Library
Komaba Eminence

Outbreak of Iran-Iraq War
World Conservation Strategy by IUCN and UNEP published

1980

Kushiro Civic Hall
Nikon Corporation Sagamihara Plant
Toyohashi University of Technology

1981

Broadcast center (Baghdad, Iraq)
Kumamoto City Hall

1982

Niigata Office opened
Tohoku Kosei Nenkin Hospital
Amagasaki Cultural Center

1983

Toshiro Yamashita dies at the age of 95
Imperial Hotel Imperial Tower
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Yawata City Culture Center

1984

Marunouchi Center Building
Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Joint Government Office

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer adopted

1985

Schlumberger K.K. Headquarters
Takahashi Cultural Center
National Children’s Castle

Chernobyl nuclear accident occurred

1986

Tokushima City Hall
Toyoko Co. Headquarters
Nursing school (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted

1987

New York Office opened
Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
Yokohama Rehabilitation Center

1988

Shirayuri College Chapel
Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya (Indonesia)
Aichi University Nagoya Campus
Tokyo Regional Forestry Office
Fujitsu Limited Kawasaki Plant, main building
Philippine Trade Training Center

1989

Hiratsuka City Hospital
Yomeishu Seizo Headquarters

BRE Environmental Assessment Method established (UK)

1990

Hamamatsu City Sports Center
Ishihara Yujiro Memorial Hall

1991

Nomura Securities, Yokohama training center
Shibusawa City Place
TDK Technical Center Building W-1

Earth Summit
Rotterdam Charter adopted

1992

Miyagi Prefectural Police Headquarters
Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan, Nagano Prefecture

Basic Environment Act and
Revised Energy Efficiency Act enacted (Japan)

1993

Mita Kaigisho
Akita Museum of Modern Art
NHK Chiyoda Media Plaza

1994

Takarazuka City Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum

NHK Hiroshima Broadcasting Center Building
Media Park Ichikawa
Akita Furusatomura

LEED certification program launched (US)
Great Hanshin Earthquake (Japan)

1995

NTT East Shinjuku Head Office
Nagano Olympic Ice Hockey Arena A
Kioi Hall

1996

Omori Bellport
Nerima City Office, new wing

Kyoto Climate Change Conference

1997

Komatsu Dome “Yume Tamago”
Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital

Energy Efficiency Act revised (Japan)

1998

ISO9001 certification acquired for head office
Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus

Green Government Buildings guideline established (Japan)

1999

Toyama City Gymnasium
Renaissa Nagato

Green Procurement Act and Construction Material Recycling Act enacted (Japan)

2000

ISO14001 certification acquired for head office
National Center of Sciences
Hosei University Boissonade Tower

2001

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki
Harumi Triton Square

Tokyo Metropolitan Environmental Program launched
Energy Efficiency Act revised (Japan)

2002

Ishikawa Prefectural Office
Institute of Technologists

CASBEE established (Japan)

2003

Fujitsu Solution Square
Miyagi Children’s Hospital
Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka Complex
J-City Tokyo

Landscapes Act enacted (Japan)

2004

Waseda Research Park Communication Center
Shin-Marunouchi Center Building
Yokohama Media Business Center

Kyoto Protocol in effect

2005

Expo 2005 Aichi Japan, Japan Pavilion Seto and Expo Dome
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
Yoshimi Town Hall, Saitama Prefecture

2006

Nagoya Central Hospital
Kanto Auto Works Ltd. Higashi Fuji Integration Center

2007

Hosei University Sotobori Building
JA Akita Koseiren Hiraka General Hospital

G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit

2008

Hokkaido Toyako Summit International Media Center
TDK-MCC Corp. Honjo Plant
Development Center for Children’s Futures

2010

Tachikawa City Hall

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