About US

Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. Before establishing Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990, he received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, where he is currently a Professor of Architecture. Having been inspired by Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium, built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Kengo Kuma decided to pursue architecture at a young age, and later entered the Architecture program at the University of Tokyo, where he studied under Hiroshi Hara and Yoshichika Uchida. During his Graduate studies, he made a research trip across the Sahara, exploring various villages and settlements, observing a unique power and beauty. After his time as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York, he established his office in Tokyo. Since then, Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed architectural works in over twenty countries and received prestigious awards, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Award, the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (Finland), and the International Stone Architecture Award (Italy), among others. Kengo Kuma & Associates aims to design architecture which naturally merges with its cultural and environmental surroundings, proposing gentle, human scaled buildings. The office is constantly in search of new materials to replace concrete and steel, and seeks a new approach for architecture in a post-industrial society.

隈研吾，是日本著名建筑师，享有极高的国际声誉，建筑融合古典与现代风格为一体。曾获得国际石造建筑奖、自然木造建筑精神奖等。隈研吾出生于1954年。在1990年成立隈研吾建筑事务所之前，他在东京大学获得了建筑学硕士学位，目前是该校的建筑学教授。受到丹下健三为1964年东京奥运会建造的代代木国家体育馆的启发，隈研吾在年轻时就决定追求建筑，后来进入东京大学建筑专业学习，师从原弘一和内田义一。在研究生学习期间，他进行了一次穿越撒哈拉的研究旅行，探索了各种村庄和定居点，观察到了一种独特的力量和美丽。在纽约哥伦比亚大学担任访问学者之后，他在东京建立了自己的办公室。从那时起，隈研吾设计事务所在二十多个国家设计了建筑作品，并获得了著名的奖项，包括日本建筑学会奖、自然精神木建筑奖（芬兰）和国际石建筑奖（意大利）等等。隈研吾设计事务所的目标是设计出与周围文化和环境自然融合的建筑，提出温和的、符合人类尺度的建筑。该事务所不断寻找新的材料来替代混凝土和钢铁，并在后工业化社会中寻求新的建筑方法。