Presented G residence as a debut work, designed by Kazuhiro Ishide

Established Fujitakoumuten Co., Ltd.
Tatsuo Fujita, the president of Fujitakoumuten Ltd. and Kazuhiro Ishide established Fujitakoumuten Co., Ltd. by joint investment
Kazuhiro Ishide, inaugurated as Representative Director, Executive Managing Director

Fujitakoumuten co.,ltd. Planning office AtelierAM (ARCHITECTURAL MEMBERS) first-class architectural studio establishment <Prestige 21 2nd Floor, 21 Chome Kita 4-jou Nishi Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi Hokkaido >

Sponsored “Encounter with Bizen” exhibition by six Bizen ceramic artists at YAMAHA Event Hall

Became independent from Planning Office at Fujita Building Inc. and enlargement first-class architectural studio AtelierAM co.,ltd. .
Since then, presented architectural works at Architectural Institute of Japan Hokkaido branch every year.
Became a member of Architectural Institute of Japan and Hokkaido Design Conference

Constructed the head-office building and moved the head-office to 2-1, 21 Chome Kita 4-jou Nishi Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi

On the first floor of the head-office building, “AM･Art Gallery” was opened as a place to consider of arts and housing culture. Subsequently, it provided a place for many artists to present their works as a sending base for Hokkado’s latest art till 1999.

Started a serial publication “Kazuhido Ishide/KOKOROKIKO (Mind book of travel note)” at Monthly Sapporo (serially published till 1999)

Held “the first Hokkaido Artist Ashibetsu Selected Exhibition” (Sponsored by AM･Art Gallery/Supported by Ashibetsu-shi)

Cut-down, sawing, drying for Thinned timbers of Sakhalin fir are carried out together with cost reduction and established “New Housing System Development Cooperative Society” for the purpose of securing stable materials and organizing forestry traders in Ashibetsu. 

Established Housing Operation Project Inc. (Commonly known as HOP)
Started HOP Group system

Constructed HOP model house in Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, with using thinned Sachalin fir as the structural material.

Constructed three high temperature drying equipment for thinned Sachalin fir material and high performance corrective pulling factory by the joint investment with New Housing System Development Cooperative Society

Received a certification of “High Durability Model for Wooden House Rationalization System” from Ministry of Construction’s Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center 

Exhibition at the 14th Tokyo Business Summit

Exhibition at Eco-Future-Messe

Received a certification of “Environment-Symbiotic House” by the Judicial Foundation Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation.

Opened Eastern Japan branch (HOP Eastern Japan) in Yokohama Minato Mirai 

Held “HOP’s Forest/Tree Planting Festival”.  The festival is held every year hereafter.

Opened Kyoto branch

Held the first “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto (Guest Mr. Soushitsu Sen)

Held the second “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto
(Guest Mr. C.W. Nicol)

Presented “MIYANOMORI HOP HOUSE” as the 10th year’s anniversary of HOP establishment

Held the third “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto
(Guest Mr. Wahei Tatematsu)

Published a collection book “The world of Kazuhiro Ishida and Atelie AM” (ART BOX company)

Held the forth “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Sapporo”
(Guest Mr. Kenji Omori)

Three companies in HOP Group (Housing Operation Project Inc. and Fujitkoumuten Co., Lte. and Atelier AM First Class Architectural Studio Co., Ltd.) acquired SGEC forest certicication.

Developed and obtained a patent of a wood drying/treatment technology for thinned wood from planted forest.

Ishide Kazuhiro, Representative of HOP group, was featured in “CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN JAPAN vol.3”(published by ART BOX international) .

Published a report “Seizan Ryugi”

Moved and expanded Obihiro office.

Produced “Toy Blocks made by Carpenters”, utilizing wood offcuts in Hokkaido.

Housing Operation Co.,Ltd. has merged with Fujita Corporation and the company name has been
changed to ‘ Housing Operation Architects Co.,Ltd. ’.