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Kengo Kuma is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. His seminal text Anti-Object: The Dissolution and Disintegration of Architecture, written in 2008, calls for an architecture of relations, respecting its surroundings instead of dominating them. Kuma’s projects maintain a keen interest in the manipulation of light with nature through materiality.
“Architecture is a tool to improve relationships among people and between people and the environment.” – Kengo Kuma
The Hanling Museum of Art, located on the shores of Dongqian Lake in Ningbo City, China, is a powerful reminder of how architecture can harmoniously blend with its environment to…
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The waterfront of Dundee, a quaint city located in the north of Scotland, now stands tall with a distinctive new landmark: the V&A Dundee. Designed by the renowned Kengo Kuma…
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The Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum, designed by Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma, connects a hotel and a spa operated by the town, which had been separated by a cliff and a…
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The Therme Suite Room, designed by Kengo Kuma in 2015, is a breathtaking penthouse restoration located on the top floor of the Vals Therme Hotel in Switzerland. What sets this…
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To commemorate the 350 years since the foundation of the Zuisho-Ji Temple, Kengo Kuma was asked to renovate the temple and the priests’ quarters within the temple. The new addition…
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Kengo Kuma completed his first building in Australia: a spiraling six-story structure at the heart of Sydney’s darling square district. The civic center is known as ‘The Darling Exchange’ and…
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In China, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was chosen among ten Asian architects to design ten residences each, creating a hundred houses altogether in a forest adjacent to the Great Wall…
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The Water and Cherry House, designed by the esteemed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is a private single-story residence located in Eastern Japan. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese temples, the design…
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In Tokyo, Architect Kengo Kuma was chosen to design Pigment, an art-supply shop like no other. With more than 4,200 pigments as well as 600 paintbrushes and 50 types of…
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In Iiyama, Nagano, Architect Kengo Kuma which recently won the National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, was chosen to design the Natyura Cultural Hall. This community complex features two…
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In Horai, Architect Kengo Kuma was chosen to design a traditional Japanese Onsen, a term for hot springs in the Japanese language. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands…
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In Philippines, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was chosen to design the Filipino History Museum of Manila which will cover more than 4,000 years of history in the Philippines.
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I didn’t have a job in Tokyo for 10 years. I was designing small buildings in the countryside. I worked with a craftsman and studied how to use natural materials…
The Wuki Vanke Art Gallery facade in China designed by Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma is inspired in the shape of Taihu stone. The resulting porous panels manage to filter gently the…
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