Daikoku Denki Headquarters Building, Sakashita (ダイコク電機 本部ビル)
Sakashita, Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture
Sources checked October 2026
- Year
- 1998
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Type
- Corporate office building
- Access
- Offices of a company in operation, to be seen from the outside (Kasugai tourism association, October 2026)
In Kasugai, Tadao Ando designed the office building of the company Daikoku Denki, completed in 1998. Nicknamed "Big Ship", it is made of curved surfaces in a simple, sharp form, in carefully finished fair-faced concrete.
History
Tadao Ando and his office worked on the project from 1995 until the building was completed in 1998.
Architecture
The building, nicknamed "Big Ship", brings curved surfaces together into a simple, sharp form; its fair-faced concrete has a high-quality finish, and it stands out clearly in the town.
Across the road rises the tower of the company's multi-storey car park, which can be seen from National Route 19.
Use today
It houses the Sakashita site of the company Daikoku Denki.
Visiting
This is an office building, to be seen from the outside. There is no parking for visitors.
Sakashita, Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture
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