Kuma Kengo

Kengo Kuma

Biography

2008
Established Kuma & Associates Europe (Paris, France)
1990
Established Kengo Kuma & Associates
1987
Established Spatial Design Studio
1979
Completed the Master Course, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
1954
Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Teaching and Professorships

2009 - present
Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, The 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 Graduate School, Columbia University and Asian Cultural Counci (USA)

Professional Affiliations

First class Architect in Japan

Architecte DESA (Diplôme de l'Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture)

Architecte inscrit au Tableau de l'Ordre des Architectes

International Fellow for Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Honorary Fellow for The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Received a Ph.D from Keio University

Main Literary Works

2012
Nihonjin wa dou sumaubekika? (co-authored)
Basho genron
2011
Shin Mura-ron Tokyo (co-authored)
2010
Kyokai : A Japanese Technique for Articulating Space
Santei Shugi (co-authored)
2008
The Origins of Materials
Shizen na Kenchiku
Shin Toshi-ron Tokyo (co-authored)
2007
Kengo Kuma : Lecture and Dialogue
2004
Kengo Kuma Tokuhon II – 2004
Makeru Kenchiku
2000
Anti-Object
1999
Kengo Kuma Tokuhon – 1999
1995
Kenchiku no Kiki wo Koete
1994
Kenchikuteki Yokubo no Shuen
Shin-Kenchiku Nyumon
1989
Good-Bye Postmodern -11 American Architects
1986
Jutaku-ron

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Studies in Organic (Tokyo, Japan)
2008
Material Immaterial (Chicago, USA)
Build Built (Beijing, China)
2005
Kengo Kuma, Mock-ups (Tokyo, Japan)
Kengo Kuma, The Architecture Between Tradition and Innovation (Siracusa/Milan/Napoli, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden)
KRUG×KUMA=∞<Infinity> (Tokyo, Japan)
2004
Niwa: Where the Particle response (Tokyo, Japan)
Kengo Kuma: Defeated Architecture (Tokyo, Japan)
1995
Velocity of Transmission (Tokyo, Japan)
1992
Tokyo columns (Tokyo, Japan)
 

Awards (for Kengo Kuma)

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)

Awards (for Associates)

2009
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine’s World Best New Hotels 2009 for “The Opposite House” (USA)
2008
Emirates Leaf Award for Public Building for Suntory Museum of Art (UK/UAE)
Design For Asia Award for “Fujiya Ryokan” (Hong Kong)
2007
Detail Prize 2007 special prize for ’Chokkura Plaza and Shelter” (Germany)
International Architecture Award for the Best New Global Design for “Chokkura Plaza and Shelter” (USA)
2005
The Marble Architecture Award 2005 East Asia External Facings 1st prize for “Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum” (Italy)
2001
International Stone Architecture Award for “Stone Museum” (Italy)
Building Contractors Society Prize for “Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum”
2000
Grand Prize, Inter Intra Space Design Selection for “Kitakami Canal Museum”
Director General of Forestry Agency Prize for “Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum”
Tochigi Prefecture Marronnier Architecture Award for “Stone Museum”
Tohoku Architecture Award for “River/Filter”
1999
Honorable Mention, Boston Society of Architecture, Unbuilt Architecture Design Award (USA)
1997
Grand Prize, Regional Design Award, Kochi Prefecture, for “Yusuhara Visitor’s Center”
Grand Prize for JCD Design Award 1995 Cultural / Public Institutions for “Kiro-san Observatory”

Competition Prizes

2011
First Prize, The proposal for “the Towada city plaza for social communication” (Aomori, Japan)
First Prize, HIKARI, ILOT-P, Lyon Confluence Competition (Lyon, France)
2010
First Prize, V&A at Dundee Competition (Scotland, UK)
First Prize, Aix en Provence Conservatory of Music Competition (Aix en Province, France)
First Prize, Macdonald Public Facility Complex of General Education and Sports Competition (Paris, France)
2008
First Prize, Granada Performing Arts Center Architectural Competition (Granada, Spain)
First Prize, International Invited Architectural Competition for iconic park and mixed development in Iskandar Malaysia (Johor-Bahru, Malaysia)
First Prize, Asakusa Tourist Information Center Architectural Competition (Tokyo, Japan)
2007
First Prize, Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain Competition (Marseille, France)
First Prize, Besancon City of Arts and Culture Architectural Competition (Besancon, France)
First Prize, Architectural Competition for the Complex of Government Buildings related to the area of the “Eiffel Hall”-Western Railway Station of Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
First Prize, Nagaoka City Hall Architectural Competition (Niigata, Japan)
2004
First Prize, Tobata C Block Urban Design Competition (Fukuoka, Japan)
First Prize, Utsunomiya Station East Plaza Urban Design Competition (Tochigi, Japan)
First Prize, Ondo-cho Learning Center Design Competition (Hiroshima, Japan)
2002
First Prize, (provisional title) Living National Treasure Museum in Ota City Preliminary Design Outsourcing Proposal (Gunma, Japan)
First Prize, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Exhibition Center Competition (Tokyo, Japan)
2001
First Prize, Nagasaki Prefecture New Museum Design Competition (Nihon Sekkei.inc + Kuma Kengo) (Nagasaki, Japan)
1998
First Prize, Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum Competition (Tochigi, Japan)