Associate
BSc, Dip Arch, MSc, RIBA, ARB, JIA
London, UK
Takehiko Iseki
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Since joining ZHA in 2013, Takehiko has contributed to high-profile projects such as the LEED Platinum Awarded BEEAH Headquarters in the UAE, and the Unicorn Island Masterplan and CECEP Shanghai Campus in China. He has also played a key role in major aviation projects, including the Navi Mumbai International Airport in India and Western Sydney International Airport in Australia.
Working with advanced geometry and fabrication technologies, Takehiko combines design leadership with extensive project management experience, overseeing coordination between clients, contractors, and design teams.
Prior to joining ZHA, Takehiko worked at Foster + Partners for six years.
Featured Projects
From a new civic hub in the west of Tbilisi, to a 218,000 square meter office campus, discover highlights of Abdel's notable projects at ZHA.
Takehiko holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Architecture from Kyoto University in Japan. He completed his Diploma in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL). He has lectured across the world and has been an invited guest critic at the Bartlett and the Architectural Association (AA) in London. His work has been published world-wide including the International Journal of Architecture Computing.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Takehiko has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Masterplans
A mixed-use masterplan for 70,000 researchers, office staff, residents and visitors, Unicorn Island has been designed to enhance the well-being of its community; its design influenced by principles within the region’s historical natural engineering projects.
Offices
The 218,000m² campus sets new benchmarks for the city in energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new BEEAH Headquarters has been designed to achieve net-zero and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.
Render by Negativ
West elevation
Tall Buildings
Residential
The renovation and redevelopment of Mercury House integrates residential apartments and a boutique hotel within Malta’s most dynamic urban environment. Creating new public spaces and amenities for the island’s residents and visitors, the design responds to Paceville’s key urban challenges by investing in its civic realm and increasing its limited housing supply.
Mixed Use
Residential
Offices
Serving as the gateway to the Cityzen community, a new civic hub in the west of Tbilisi, Cityzen Tower is ZHA's first project in Georgia.
Culture
Heritage + Regeneration
The new Nikola Tesla Museum renovates Belgrade’s historic Milan Vapa Paper Mill into a cultural destination celebrating Tesla’s legacy while preserving the city’s architectural heritage and creating a variety of new public spaces for local residents and visitors.
Render by Atchain
Culture
Mixed Use
A place of convergence and collaboration, the Yidan Center will be home to the Chen Yidan Foundation in its work to promote lifelong learning and innovation in education.
Render by Negativ
Hospitality
NOT A HOTEL has launched its first hotel brands: HERITAGE by NOT A HOTEL reinterprets architectural heritage, such as temples and museums, through a contemporary sensibility. vertex by NOT A HOTEL embodies design at the intersection of architecture and technology.
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