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Taiyo Cement Headquarters Building (太陽セメント本社ビル)

Fukushima-ku, Osaka

Sources checked October 2026

“The headquarters of a concrete-block maker, designed by Tadao Ando and finished in 1986.”

Year: 1986
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Company headquarters (concrete-block maker)
Access: Head office of the company, now Taiyo Ecobloxx; to be seen from outside (company website, October 2026)

Taiyo Cement, a maker of cement products and later of concrete blocks, had its headquarters designed by Tadao Ando; completed in October 1986, it stands where the company has been based since 1948. Renamed Taiyo Ecobloxx in 2017, the company still has its head office there.

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History

The company was set up in November 1946 in Kurashiki, where it first made cement roof tiles. In December 1948 it moved its factory to Fukushima Ward in Osaka, to the address of its present head office. It became a joint-stock company, Taiyo Cement Industry, in 1952, and began making concrete blocks for building in 1959.

The headquarters designed by Tadao Ando was completed in October 1986. In January 2017 Taiyo Cement Industry took the name Taiyo Ecobloxx; its head office is still at the same address.