Tag Kengo Kuma

01-02-2017

Kengo Kuma: new Hongkou Soho offices in Shanghai

Kengo Kuma has given the city of Shanghai his new reflection on the theme of the skyscraper. In his recent Hongkou Soho office tower, Kuma experiments with the concept of architecture as dress, in search of dynamism and lightness. The structure of the Hongkou Soho is covered with an aluminium mesh of vertical elements.

04-01-2017

Kengo Kuma designs the Naver Connect One institute in Korea

Kengo Kuma & Associates designed the Naver’s Connect One training instituted in Chuncheon-si (Korea) to integrate the construction with the landscape. Connect One won the Korean Architecture Award (2015) and the LEED-NC PLATINUM V2009 (2015).

28-10-2016

Kengo Kuma Woven exhibition at Galeria Jaroslava Fragnera in Prague

Kengo Kuma’s first exhibition in Central Europe is coming up in Prague. The Japanese architect’s work is showcased in an exhibition entitled “Kengo Kuma / Woven” at Galeria Jaroslava Fragnera until November 20 2016.

22-07-2016

Marseilles and the waterfront: urban conversion strategies.

A pedestrian itinerary starting out in the centre of Marseilles, beginning with Norman Foster’s mirror pavilion, and taking us to the outskirts of the city to see Zaha Hadid’s skyscraper. A walk along the city’s converted waterfront, a wide-ranging urban project including buildings and public spaces.

21-07-2016

Brick by Brick LEGO at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry

Adam Reed Tucker interprets contemporary constructions such as the Burj Khalifa, marvels of the past such as the Colosseum or triumphs of the imagination like Cinderella’s castle in the Disney film in LEGO at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry until February 2017.

20-04-2016

Kengo Kuma designs Towada City Plaza community centre

After winning a competition organised by the municipality of Towada, Kengo Kuma built Towada City Plaza with the intention of attracting interest and attention back to the centre of the Japanese city. Kengo Kuma’s Towada City Plaza project is already famous for its wooden playground inspired by the hilly landscape.

14-03-2016

China’s best skyscrapers: The CTBUH China Tall Building Award

The China International Exchange Committee for Tall Buildings (CITAB) and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) have announced the list of winners of the first China Tall Building Award.

21-01-2016

Tokyo replaces Zaha Hadid: Kengo Kuma will design the Olympic Stadium

Just before Christmas the Japanese government announced its decision to replace Zaha Hadid’s project, which had won the design competition but was then rejected because of the high cost of its construction, with the plan by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for the new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.