Our History 1960 1990 1993 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1960 Our company is founded in Japan. 1990 WE OPEN OUR COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE IN KYOTO. 1993 We celebrate one million dwellings built across Japan. 2001 We introduce our ‘Five Trees’ landscape design philosophy to promote the conservation of biodiversity. All six Sekisui House Centres for Manufacturing and Quality Control in Japan are certified under the ISO 14001 environmental standard, demanding rigorous assessment and control of businesses’ impact on the environment. 2002 ALL OUR SIX CENTRES FOR MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL IN JAPAN ACHIEVE ZERO-EMISSION STATUS. 2003 SEKISUI HOUSE CREATES NEXT-GENERATION ENERGY-SAVING FEATURES STANDARD FOR ALL NEWLY BUILT DETACHED HOMES IN JAPAN. 2005 WE ANNOUNCE OUR ‘DECLARATION OF SUSTAINABILITY’ OUTLINING OUR COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE BREADTH OF OPERATIONS. 2006 THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AWARDS SEKISUI HOUSE FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION TO REDUCING GLOBAL WARMING. ESTABLISHED THE GLOBAL WARMING PREVENTION R&D INSTITUTE. 2008 WE COLLABORATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ‘ZERO EMISSION HOUSE’ FOR THE G8 WORLD SUMMIT. WE’RE CERTIFIED BY THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY AS THE HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY’S FIRST ‘ECO FIRST COMPANY’. WE INTRODUCE OUR CARBON NEUTRAL HOUSING IN JAPAN. 2009 SEKISUI HOUSE EXPANDS INTO AUSTRALIA. WE ACQUIRE OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT SITES IN AUSTRALIA. WE LAUNCH OUR ‘GREEN FIRST’ HOUSING IN JAPAN. 2010 WE CELEBRATE OUR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. SEKISUI HOUSE AUSTRALIA ACQUIRES AV JENNINGS CONTRACT HOMES. SEKISUI HOUSE AUSTRALIA SIGNS A BUSINESS ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH LEND LEASE. WE OPEN OUR FIRST AUSTRALIAN SEKISUI HOUSE CENTRE FOR MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL IN INGLEBURN, NSW. WE CELEBRATE TWO MILLION DWELLINGS BUILT ACROSS OUR OPERATIONS IN JAPAN. WE EXPAND INTO CHINA AND THE USA. 2,000,000 Dwellings 2011 WE LAUNCH THE ‘AURORA COLLECTION’ IN AUSTRALIA – THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CONTRACT HOME DESIGNS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAPANESE AND LOCAL DESIGNERS. WE LAUNCH THE ‘RETHINK GREEN’ SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN AUSTRALIA. SEKISUI HOUSE SIGNS AN ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH FRASERS PROPERTY AUSTRALIA, TO JOINTLY DEVELOP THE VISIONARY CENTRAL PARK PROJECT ON SYDNEY’S BROADWAY. 2012 WE LAUNCH THE HERMITAGE – SEKISUI HOUSE’S FLAGSHIP MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY AT GLEDSWOOD HILLS, NSW. OUR FIRST EXHIBITION HOMES ARE OPENED IN GLEDSWOOD HILLS NSW, DEMONSTRATING SEKISUI HOUSE HOME BUILDING PHILOSOPHIES AND THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES USED IN JAPAN AND BEING DEVELOPED FOR AUSTRALIA VIA SHAWOOD TECHNOLOGY. 9.13 MILLION TREES PLANTED GLOBALLY SINCE THE YEAR 2000, WITH 1.01 MILLION TREES PLANTED IN 2012 ALONE. (A TOTAL OF 10 MILLION TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED BY 2013.) 2013 ECCO RIPLEY, SEKISUI HOUSE’S FIRST MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY IN QLD COMMENCES INFRASTRUCTURE AND EARLY CIVIL WORKS. SEKISUI HOUSE’S CONSTRUCTION DIVISION FOR SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ESTABLISHED IN 2013. WE LAUNCH THE ADDRESS, SEKISUI HOUSE’S THIRD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT WENTWORTH POINT, NSW. 2014 THE ‘ARISE’ HOUSE DESIGN COLLECTION LAUNCHED, INCORPORATING MORE SEKISUI HOUSE PHILOSOPHY-LED DESIGNS. SEKISUI HOUSE LAUNCHES ITS SECOND RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN SYDNEY AT THE ADDRESS, WENTWORTH POINT, NSW. SEKISUI HOUSE INTRODUCES THE ‘SHAWOOD’ RANGE OF HOMES, AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NSW AT THE HERMITAGE, GLEDSWOOD HILLS. SHAWOOD SETS A NEW BENCHMARK IN INNOVATIVE HOME BUILDING. 2015 Queensland’s Ecco Ripley is awarded the Green Building Council of Australia’s coveted 5 Star Green Star communities rating. The first multi-residential terrace project launches in Ecco Ripley, Queensland. We open the first display home to be designed and built by Sekisui House in the Australian Capital Territory. Currently viewing / Home / Our History Back to top