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21 Projects Where Kengo Kuma (Re)Uses Materials in Unusual Ways

Kengo Kuma uses materials to connect with the local context and the users of his projects. The textures and elementary forms of constructive systems, materials, and products, are exhibited and used in favor of the architectural concept, giving value to the functions that will be carried out in each building.

From showcases made with ceramic tiles to the sifted light created by expanded metal panels, passing through an ethereal polyester coating, Kuma understands the material as an essential component that can make a difference in architecture from the design stages. Next, we present 21 projects where Kengo Kuma masterfully uses construction materials.

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Albert Kahn Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates

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Boulogne-Billancourt, France

GES 2 House of Culture / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Villa M / Triptyque Architecture

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  • Architects: Triptyque
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  8000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021

La Poste du Louvre Renovation / Dominique Perrault Architecte

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  32000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Effisus

Le Sébastopol Booking.com Offices / Coldefy

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  • Architects: Coldefy
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  7821
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Airclim, ClimaWin, Concept Alu, Delporte, +3
  • Professionals: BEA, SERGA

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MOdA Headquarters of the Paris Bar Association / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Pathé Foundation / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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New Visitor Center of Cluny Museum / Bernard Desmoulin Architecte

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  900
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Holcim, Erco, AF2M, Lefevre, sammode

Spotlight: Renzo Piano

Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word—fed, fertilized by many things.
– Renzo Piano

Italian architect Renzo Piano (born 14 September 1937) is known for his delicate and refined approach to building, deployed in museums and other buildings around the world. Awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1998, the Pritzker Jury compared him to Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Brunelleschi, highlighting "his intellectual curiosity and problem-solving techniques as broad and far ranging as those earlier masters of his native land."

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