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unusual facts about Takenaka


Takenaka

The Takenaka Corporation, dating back to a company founded by the Takenaka family in 1610.


Bacolod-Silay International Airport

The project was opened for bidding on August 25, 2003, with the winning bid going to the Takenaka-Itochu Joint Venture (TIJV).

Peter L. Gluck

After designing a series of houses from New York to Newfoundland, Gluck went to Tokyo to design large projects for Takenaka Komuten Co., LTD a leading Japanese construction consortium.

Takenaka Corporation

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.

Takenaka Shigekata

Takenaka Shigekata was born in 1828 in the town of Iwate, in Mino Province, the son of Tokugawa retainer Takenaka Motoyuki.

The World Inside

It is similar to the design of the Sky City 1000 project proposed in 1989 by Takenaka Corporation.


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