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Kengo Kuma was born in Yokohama (Kanagawa, Japan) in 1954. He studied architecture at the University of Tokyo, finishing his degree in 1979. In 1987, he opened the "Spatial Design Studio". In 1990 he founded "Kengo Kuma & Associates" and extend the study to Europe (Paris, France) in 2008. Since 1985 and until 2009, has taught as visiting professor and holder at the universities of Columbia, Keio, Illinois and Tokyo.

Main Awards:

· 2011 The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for "Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum."
· 2010 Mainichi Art Award for “Nezu Museum.”
· 2009 "Decoration Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" (France).
· 2008 Energy Performance + Architecture Award (France). Bois Magazine International Wood Architecture Award (France).
· 2002 Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (Finland).
· 2001 Togo Murano Award for “Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum.”
· 1997 Architectural Institute of Japan Award for “Noh Stage in the Forest”. First Place, AIA DuPONT Benedictus Award for “Water/Glass” (USA).

More articles

  1. Flying stones around a building. Haus Balma by Kengo Kuma Architects
  2. Kengo Kuma & Associates wins Butrint National Park Visitor Center International Competition
  3. Kengo Kuma to build a high-performance building for Bosonit and NWorld in La Rioja
  4. Looking at the changing dune. Tottori Takahama Cafe by Kengo Kuma & Associates
  5. An engawa museum. Albert-Kahn departmental museum by Kengo Kuma
  6. Experiencing an onsen space. Kusatsu Kimuraya by Kengo Kuma & Associates
  7. Duality of opposites. H.C. Andersen museum by Kengo Kuma & Associates
  8. Kengo Kuma wins the competition to design the Kamal Theater in Kazan
  9. Looking at Mount Fuji. Rest area in Oath Hill Park by Kengo Kuma
  10. A new entrance to gothic cathedral. La Galilée de Saint-Maurice d’Angers by Kengo Kuma
  11. Morinos, a sustainability model. Academy of Forest Science and Culture by Kengo Kuma
  12. Japan Architecture Guide. 30 Buildings that reflect the conception of space in Japan
  13. Japanese tradition, climate and technology. The new Tokyo National Stadium by Kengo Kuma
  14. Symbolism of light, shadow and color. Intervention on the final staircase of Casa Batlló by Kengo Kuma
  15. The new H.C. Andersen museum designed by Kengo Kuma opens on June 30th
  16. 12 New museums that change the experience of exhibiting and seeing
  17. Bluring the limits. CLT Park Harumi Pavilion by Kengo Kuma
  18. New Ibsen Library in Skien by Kengo Kuma & Associates and Mad Arkitekter
  19. Next opening of the new Kadokawa Culture Museum by Kengo Kuma
  20. A modern co-housing. Casa Wabi Coop by Kengo Kuma Associates
  21. Kakezukuri, a former method to float a building. Mikuni Izu kogen restaurant by Kengo Kuma
  22. Kengo Kuma and K2LD chosen to design Founders’ Memorial in Singapore
  23. New Masterpiece. Meiji Jingu-Shrine Museum by Kengo Kuma
  24. New The Exchange civic center, first building in Australia by Kengo Kuma
  25. Bamboo with carbon fibre. Bamboo (竹) Ring: Weaving into Lightness by Kengo Kuma
  26. From wood market to cultural area. Opening of Kengo Kuma's Odunpazarı Modern Museum
  27. New Entrance and Expansion of the gardens of the Gulbenkian Foundation by Kengo Kuma
  28. Buddhist temple “Jodo Shu Ichigyo-in” by Kengo Kuma
  29. A dynamic tradition. Yunoeki Oyu Community Center by Kengo Kuma and Associates
  30. Kengo Kuma and Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo
  31. Kengo Kuma designs a Camper store in Paseo de Gracia with ceramic pieces
  32. Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee Museum opens tomorrow; Interiors revealed!
  33. Opening-September 15th. Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee Museum
  34. A drone video shows off Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee Museum
  35. Kengo Kuma + OODA to convert Porto slaughterhouse into a new cultural complex
  36. Black textures. Comico Art Musuem Yufuin by Kengo Kuma
  37. Shipyard 1862 by Kengo Kuma and Associates
  38. Kengo Kuma & Associates Reveal Plans for New Aquatics Centre on Copenhagen's Waterfront
  39. The Spaces Between: Portland Japanese Garden Expansion by Kengo Kuma
  40. Café, COEDA House by Kengo Kuma
  41. UNDER ONE ROOF project for the EPFL ArtLab by Kengo Kuma
  42. A green brise-soleil against pollution: Z58 by Kengo Kuma
  43. Rainbow of fabrics for LACMA by Zumthor and The aggregation of structuralized “objects” by Kuma
  44. Childhood remembrance: memory of design
  45. The Darling Exchange by Kengo Kuma
  46. Design by architect Kengo Kuma selected for new Tokyo Olympic Stadium
  47. China's Folk Art Museum by Kengo Kuma
  48. Beijing Tea House by Kengo Kuma and associates
  49. Towada Civic Center Plaza by Kengo Kuma
  50. Kengo Kuma designs Saint-Denis Pleyel Train Station
  51. Nest We Grow, Memu Meadows
  52. Daiwa Ubiquitous Computing Research Building
  53. Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined [VIDEOS]
  54. Iiyama Plaza Cultural Complex by Kengo Kuma
  55. Kids Academy Taiyogaoka Hoikuen
  56. Jeju Ball, Block D by Kengo Kuma
  57. Kengo Kuma won the the competition “Albert Kahn - Musée et Jardins”
  58. Knowing Kuma
  59. Memu Meadows: Même prototype by Kengo Kuma.
  60. “Iiyama Plaza” by Kengo Kuma & Associates