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Earth Tree Installation / Kengo Kuma & Associates + Dinesen

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Earth | Tree, a new site-specific installation with Dinesen Douglas by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and his studio Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA), opens at international art centre Copenhagen Contemporary on 28 March 2026.

Expo Osaka 2025 Portugal Pavilion / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 13 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Portugal, like Japan, is a country of the sea, with a deep connection to the ocean. During the Age of Discovery, Portuguese explorers sailed the world's oceans, bringing Western civilization to Tanegashima and opening Japan to the West.

UCCA Clay Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0000

We designed an art museum to showcase the ceramic culture in Yixing, known as the "ceramic capital" and renowned for its production of pottery using purple clay. The site was once the center of Yixing's ceramic culture, with its numerous pottery factories and ateliers. This project aligns with the master plan to redevelop the area and envisions a cultural center for ceramics, incorporating ateliers and workshops while preserving the remnants of decommissioned factories.

Yama-Tani Housing / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Yama Tani is a small wooden housing project located in the northeast of Paris. Unlike the high-rise buildings in the surrounding area, its street is made up of buildings from 2 or 3 floors up to 5. We therefore aspire to recreate a human scale like in a village and to bring nature into the building.

The Audeum / Kengo Kuma & Associates + YKH Associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:00 +0000

The Audeum (Audio Museum), located in Seoul/Gangnam, is a museum that goes beyond the traditional concept of a museum. It is a place where you can not only see but also experience sound firsthand. Moreover, it is not just a place to listen to sound; it is an architectural instrument that returns humans to a natural state, allowing them to experience the five senses of the body.

Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian / Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA + VDLA

Hana Abdel — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

CAM-Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian will reopen to the public on 21st September 2024 following an extensive reimagining led by acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, marking the architect's first completed project in Portugal. Conceived by British architect Sir Leslie Martin, the original building opened in 1983 to house one of the world's most significant collections of modern and contemporary Portuguese art.

Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers + Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Nara is known worldwide as the place where Japanese culture originated. Located at the western edge of Nara Park, one of Japan’s most scenic locations, this site is regarded as the gateway to the park surrounded by a number of World Heritage sites, including Todaiji Temple, Kasuga Shrine and Kofukuji Temple.

SCC - Sendagaya Community Center / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0000

In the densely built-up area of Jingumae, where workers and residences are intermingled, we designed a complex facility open to the public with a series of marble floors. The circular slabs create a generous gap between the building and the adjacent properties, allowing maximum light and wind to enter from the outside.

Kibi Kogen N Square / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000

A regional exchange and creative facility centering on coworking and a café in Kibichuo, a town on the plateau in the center of Okayama Prefecture. A local company, Systems Nakashima, took the initiative to develop the project.

Ummahat 9-3 Hotel, Café and Restaurant / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Our design approach for the Ummahat AlShaykh island project, situated in the Red Sea, was deeply rooted in the site's unique characteristics, fostering a philosophy of seamless integration with the surrounding landscape. Despite the challenges presented by the delicate environment, our site-specific approach guided us in crafting low, horizontally oriented Land Villas with gently curved roofs mirroring the natural sand dunes. This design not only ensures guest privacy but also harmonizes with the island's topography, minimizing sand infill and preserving its natural shape.

Whitestone Gallery Beijing 798 / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:00:00 +0000

The Beijing 798 Art Zone was originally a factory campus built in the 1950s with the help of the Soviet Union and East Germany, designed in the Bauhaus style for electronic equipment production. Since the 2000s, it has been revitalized as an art street and transformed into an area housing influential galleries from around the world. We designed the first White Stone Gallery on the Chinese mainland in this 798 district, following those in Taipei and Hong Kong.

AEAJ Green Terrace / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

AEAJ Green Terrace: New facility for Aroma Environment Association of Japan. An overall shape that looks like a tree was assembled using small section pieces (105mm×105mm) of Japanese cypress based on the theme of the aroma of wood and enclosing it inside a glass box. This glass box is filled with the aroma of wood, creating space where you can experience the fragrance throughout the facility.

Hangzhou Xiaohe Park / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Located on the riverbank of world heritage the Grand Canal, Xiaohe Park took over the abandoned industrial site of an oil factory and transformed into a multi-use open park for the public.

Itomachi Hotel 0 / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

We designed a Zero Energy hotel as a community hub for the city of Saijo, which is known as a source of clean “Uchinuki” well water from Mt. Ishizuchi, considered to be a sacred mountain.

KANEKA Wellness Center / Kengo Kuma & Associates + TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Hana Abdel — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000

KANEKA Wellness Center is Kaneka Corporation’s welfare facility, which also functions as a medical facility. With its corporate policy including “wellness first,” Kaneka places importance on the reform of employees’ workstyles and their healthcare. In this facility, medical care and regular medical check-ups are provided to Kaneka’s employees, and various activities will be held to improve employees’ health awareness. In its construction plan, TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers provided the design, which used various environmental technologies developed by Kaneka under the supervision of Kengo Kuma & Associates.

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

A spa-villa-restaurant complex attached to Snow Peak's headquarters in Sanjo, Niigata. It attempts an architectural translation of Snow Peak's philosophy of moving the center of human activity from indoors to outdoors.

New Interior for Casa Batlló Stairs & Atrium / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Agustina Coulleri — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Casa Batlló is a homage to the light of the Mediterranean: its light, shadow, and colors of the sky and sea. The central courtyard captures all that Mediterranean light and distributes it vertically to all the corners of the house, no matter how remote they are. The color gradation from darker to lighter blue doses the light in its vertical travel and makes sure it does not lose its pigments.

Tottori Takahama Café / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We designed an observatory/café that overlooks the Tottori Sand Dunes, using wood abundantly in a hybrid structure of cross-laminated timber and reinforced concrete.