YKK80, the new headquarters for YKK Group, was built on the expanded site of where the original headquarters was built in 1963. The site is located in a busy area next to Akihabara along Showadori-Street and the elevated Metropolitan Expressway.

© Ken'ichi Suzuki

Architects: Nikken Sekkei

Location: Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0024, Japan

Design Team: Tadao Kamei, Koko Nakamura, Testuo Tsuchiya

Area: 1875.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Ken'ichi Suzuki

Client: YKK Real Estate

Interior Works: Nikken Sekkei, Nikken Space Design, FUJIE KAZUKO ATELIER

C&S [Civil&Structural Engineer]: Kimiaki Harada

M&E: So Takizawa, Sin Horikawa, Kitaro Mizuide
Main Contractors: Joint Venture of Kajima Corporation, Toda Corporation, and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

Site Area: 2640.05 m2

Total Floor Area: 20919.85 m2

© Ken'ichi Suzuki

YKK80, the new headquarters for YKK Group, was built on the expanded site of where the original headquarters was built in 1963. The site is located in a busy area next to Akihabara along Showadori-Street and the elevated Metropolitan Expressway.

© Ken'ichi Suzuki

The design of the building was developed based on the following themes: a design that would have a suitable presence in the neighborhood for the new headquarters of the global YKK Group; an office bu...