Kengo Kuma

Aman Interiors launches its inaugural collection, by Kengo Kuma

Luxury hotel group Aman launched its first furniture collection at Design Miami, firmly making its mark on the interior world

By Tianna Williams Published 15 December 23

Suzuki by Kengo Kuma in Singapore serves up sushi in a garden

Suzuki by Kengo Kuma launches at the Mondrian hotel in Singapore, serving sushi in a Japanese garden setting

By Daven Wu Published 27 August 23

Alberni by Kengo Kuma throws shapes in Vancouver

Alberni by Kengo Kuma is completed, showing off its highly crafted, wavy volume in Vancouver, Canada

By Ellie Stathaki Published 9 July 23

Behind the scenes of Fendi’s accessories collaboration with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma

Crafted from washi paper and natural bamboo, the accessories – shown as part of Fendi’s recent menswear show – see Kengo Kuma turn his architectural eye to bags and sneakers

By Jack Moss Published 28 June 23

Kenzo House: Parisian urban haven comes on the market

Kenzo House in Paris comes on the market, offering a slice of Zen within the heart of the French capital

By Ellie Stathaki Published 18 April 23

Kengo Kuma’s One@Tokyo hotel juxtaposes tradition and modernity

One@Tokyo's Kengo Kuma design is the latest project from Agora Hospitalities Co and Sky Hospitality

By Hannah Silver Published 16 November 22

Kengo Kuma lecture, London

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 October 22

Kengo Kuma’s hen house in Mexico rules the roost

The latest architectural addition to the Casa Wabi Foundation is a chicken coop like no other

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 October 22

Kengo Kuma designs Aman skincare bottles to mark the resort’s 30th anniversary

By Emma Moore Last updated 26 October 22

Design at Large: Kengo Kuma and Jean Prouvé feature in Art Basel’s 2016 offering

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 25 October 22

Kengo Kuma’s studio for Grand Seiko sits in the shadow of Mount Iwate

The Grand Seiko Studio Shizukuishi takes the natural world as its inspiration

By Hannah Silver Last updated 21 October 22

Block party: a new book explores Tokyo’s unique family homes

By Gordon Knight Last updated 21 October 22

Kengo Kuma's new Folk Art Museum draws on Hangzhou's local vernacular

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Kengo Kuma’s Hans Christian Andersen’s House mixes nature and fairytale architecture

Odense's Hans Christian Andersen’s House by Kengo Kuma opens its doors in Denmark, inviting the public to explore nature and fairytales

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Fritz Hansen Tokyo HQ opens in Kengo Kuma-designed building

Fritz Hansen unveils a new Tokyo HQ, in a building originally designed by Kengo Kuma in 1991. In a new film created to mark the opening, the architect shares his creative vision and his views on both Scandinavian and Japanese design

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 11 October 22

Kengo Kuma sunglasses: wearable architecture?

The renowned Japanese architect has teamed up with eyewear brand Vava on a capsule collection incorporating sustainable, organic materials and the latest in 3D-printing technology

By Laura Hawkins Last updated 11 October 22

Kengo Kuma on the cultural perspectives of Japanese furniture

By Yoko Choy Last updated 10 October 22

Kengo Kuma designs a pavilion of floating roofs for Aman’s new retail concept

At the Amanpuri in Phuket, Aman has enlisted Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design a holistic pavilion to house a new retail concept. Reflecting Aman’s philosophy, the structure fuses traditional principles of Asian architecture with modern design with its rhythmic formation of floating roofs acheived through progressive engineering by Kengo Kuma and Associates

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 10 October 22

Massimo De Carlo gallery unveils Paris outpost by Kengo Kuma

Intended for single-work exhibitions, Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique is small, minimal, yet ambitious, proposing a new exhibition model that emphasises the connection between viewer and artwork

By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 8 October 22

Kengo Kuma and Associates wins first prize for Strasbourg exhibition centre

Based in Tokyo and Paris, Kengo Kuma and Associates is known for its large-scale timber structures inspired by Japanese architecture, construction techniques and styles – the stadium for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic games is an example of the lengths and widths to which the studio has pushed the material. A Kengo Kuma building is humble, holistic and often inspired by nature. While known for his work across Japan, Kuma has also completed the V&A Museum in Dundee and is also highly active on the French architecture scene

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 7 October 22

Kai Yufuin by Kengo Kuma revisits Japanese farmhouse architecture

Hoshino Resorts has launched Kai Yufuin, a hot spring ryokan hotel by Kengo Kuma on the island of Kyushu in the Ōita Prefecture

By Feride Yalav-Heckeroth Last updated 27 September 22

Kengo Kuma on achieving humbleness in modern architecture

Architect Kengo Kuma on achieving humbleness in modern architecture and Japan’s ‘lost decade’

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 15 September 22

Two new projects by Kengo Kuma in France

By Amy Serafin Last updated 27 August 22

Kengo Kuma and Ryuichi Sakamoto team up to create architectural building blocks

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 25 August 22