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Kengo Kuma
Biography
Kengo Kuma was born in 1954.
He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990.
He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo.
KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 30 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings.
His major publications include Ten Sen Men ("point, line, plane", Iwanami Shoten), Hito no Sumika ("shelters for people", Shincho Shinsho), Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat, Iwanami Shoten), Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho), Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.
Teaching and Professorships
2020 -
Special/Honorary Professor at University of Tokyo
2019 -
Senior Specially Appointed Professor at Waseda University
2018 -
President at Kochi Prefectural Forestry College
2014 -
Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts
2009 - 2020
Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tokyo
2007 - 2008
Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chicago, USA)
2001 - 2009
Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
1998 - 1999
Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
1994
Lecturer at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (New York, USA)
1985 - 1986
Visiting Scholar at Graduate School, Columbia University and Asian Cultural Council (USA)
Award
2021
The Most Influential People of 2021 (Time Magazine)
2019
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award
Military Order of Savoy (Cavaliere di Gran Croce) (Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order)
Medal with Purple Ribbon 2018
2018
AIJ Education Award
2016
“Sustainable Architecture” Global Award
The 15th Public Buildings Award /
Category of Governmental Building for "City Hall Plaza Aore, Nagaoka”
Iconic Award for “China Academy of Art’s Folk Art Museum”
1st Prize, Wooden Architecture Award (France) for “Mont-Blanc Base Camp”
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”
International Stone Architecture Award (Italy) for “Stone Museum”
1997
Architectural Institute of Japan Award for “Noh Stage in the Forest”
AIA Benedictus Award (USA) for “Water / Glass”
Projects
Nakagawa Machi Bato Hiroshige Museum
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Great Bamboo Wall
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Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum
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V & A Dundee
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Japan National Stadium
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