Art Interview with Kuma Kengo

[thomas]

The FT interviewed the renowned Japanese architect Kuma Kengo and asked him about his favourites: objects, buildings, books, and more.

Kengo Kuma (隈 研吾, Kuma Kengo, born 1954) is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings. He is the designer of the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo which has been built for 2020 Summer Olympics. [Source]

Kengo Kuma: ‘I am not attached to objects at all’

But the Tokyo-based architect still loves tenuguis and his cat T-shirt

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We have a few of his architectural designs in the gallery:



And let's not forget the Tokyo Toilet Project.