the People

Owner
Saitama Prefectural Government

Architect(s)
Nikken Sekkei (representative of MAS 2000 Design Team) in association with Ellerbe Becket, Flack+Kurtz Consulting Engineers

2-1-3 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-8565, Japan
phone: +81-3-3813-3361 (PBX)
fax: +81-3-3817-7076

•Nikken Sekkei—
Executive Vice President:
Mitsuo Nakamura

Technical Adviser:
Takashi Hirai

Design Principal:
Tadao Kamei

Senior Architect:
Yasuyuki Komatsu

•Ellerbe Becket—
Vice President:
Gordon E. Wood, AIA

Project Designer:
Dan Meis, AIA

Interior Designer
Nikken Sekkei(representative of MAS 2000 Design Team)

Engineer(s)
Nikken Sekkei(representative of MAS 2000 Design Team)

Consultant(s)
Lighting:
Lighting Planners Associates

General Contractor
Taisei Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, UDK

Technical Cooperators
Taisei Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

•Taisei Corporation—
Saisuke Kani, Corporate Vice President;
Kazuyuki Noro, Manager;
Nobushige Ohara, Senior Architect;
Yoichi Katsumata, Architect;
Yuichiro Nakagawa, Architect;
Hironao Takahashi, Architect

•Mitsubishi Heavy Industries—
Masahiro Tomioka, Deputy Manager;
Masaaki Fukihara, Manager;
Masayuki Komeiji, Engineering Manager;
Mamoru Jo, Acting Manager;
Kentaro Kawaguchi, Architectural Engineer

Project Photographer
Kokyu Miwa

CAD system
Autocad 14 www.autodesk.com

the Products

Structural System
Nippon Steel Company

Exterior Cladding
Masonry:
ISHI CO.,LTD.

Metal/glass curtainwall:
FUJISASH CO., LTD.

Concrete:
MITSUBISHI SHOJI CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CORPORATION

EIFS, ACM, or other:
TASEI U-LEC CO., LTD.
Fudo Building Research Co., Ltd.

Metal:
Yodogawa Steel Works, CO., LTD

Other:
SUMITOMO METAL STEEL PRODUCTS INC.

Windows
Aluminum:
TOSTEM CORPORATION

Glazing
Glass:
CENTRAL GLASS ENGINEERING CO., LTD
FIGLA CO., LTD

Doors
Entrances:
YOSHINO CO., LTD

Metal doors:
BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD

Sliding doors:
Komatsu Wall Co., LTD

Fire-control doors, security grilles:
KYORITU SASH CO., LTD

Special doors:
SANWA SHUTTER CO., LTD.

Up swinging doors, other:
SANWA SHUTTER CO., LTD

Hardware
Locksets:
MIWA LOCK CO., LTD

Closers:
RYOBI CO., LTD

Pulls:
UNION CORPORATION

Security devices:
SECOM SYSTEMS CO., LTD

Interior finishes
Demountable partitions:
TACHIKAWA CORPORATION

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
TOKYO ZOSAKU CO., LTD

Paints and stains:
TOHO Kogyo CO., LTD
OSAWA TOSO CO.

Wallcoverings:
Nippon Shitsunai Setsubi Kogyo CO., LTD
SANGETSU CO., LTD

Paneling:
YAMAKI INDUSTRY CO., LTD

Special surfacing:
TAKAYAMA KOGYO CO., LTD

Carpet:
TOLI CO., LTD; SUMINOE CO., LTD

Raised flooring:
NAKA KOGYO CO., LTD

Furnishings
Chairs:
KOTOBUKI CORPORATION

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
YAMAGIWA Corp.

Downlights:
Matsushita Electric Works, LTD

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Hitachi, LTD

Other Contributers
TOHO Kogyo CO., LTD
DAIKOKUYA BUILDING MATERIAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD
TAKAYAMA KOGYO CO., LTD
Taisei Rotec Corporation
KINDEN CORPORATION
KANDENKO CO., LTD
CENTRAL GLASS ENGINEERING CO., LTD
UNION CORPORATION
TOSTEM CORPORATION
OSAWA TOSO CO.
FIGLA CO., LTD
YOSHINO CO., LTD.
BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD
SANWA SHUTTER CO., LTD