Kengo Kuma is a Japanesse architect. He was born in 1954 in Yokohama. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo. He also studied in New York City at Columbia University. His firm Kuma & Associates employs over 150 architects in Tokyo and Paris. In 2009 he was made Officier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His goal is to create 21st century reinterpretations of Japanese traditions. His buildings have such intricate, detailed, perforated facades.
Momofuku Ando Centre of Outdoor Training
Komoro, Japan, 2010
Xinjin Zhi Museum
Youxian, China, 2011
Yusuhara Bridge Museum
Yusuhara, Japan, 2011
GC Prostho Museum Research Centre
Kusugai-shi, Japan, 2012
Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique
Besançon, France, 2013
China Academy of Arts Folk Art Museum
Zhejiang, China, 2015
Glass House
Connecticut, USA, 2015
Hongkou Soho
Shanghai, China, 2016
Under One Proof
Lausanna, Switzerland, 2016
Wuxi Vanke Yunhe Waitan,
Shanghai, China, 2016
Shipyard 1862
Shanghai, China, 2017
New Sydney Library
Sydney, Australia, 2018
1Hotel
Paris, 2022
