George de Lalande, a German architect having an office in Japan, took charge of its basic design, and Japanese architects (including Ichiro NOMURA and Hiroshi KUNIEDA) completed it after de Lalande died.
日本で事務所を開いていたドイツ人建築家ゲオルグ・デ・ラランデが基本設計を行い、デ・ラランデの死後、日本人建築家（野村一郎、國枝博ら）が完成させた。