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The most whimsical hotel Christmas trees around the world
We round up the best hotel Christmas tree collaborations of the year, from an abstract take in Madrid to a heritage-rooted installation in Amsterdam
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Minimal curves and skilled lines are the focal point of Kengo Kuma's Christmas trees
Kengo Kuma unveiled his two Christmas trees, each carefully designed to harmonise with their settings in two hotels he also designed: The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon and The Tokyo Edition, Ginza
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Kengo Kuma’s new Kyoto hotel is ‘a sanctuary of ethereal beauty’
A former ryokan inn, Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto offers onsen rooms equipped with natural hot spring water, and a contemporary take on a Noh theatre
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Tsing-Tien Making's approach is rooted in its 'passion' for architecture
Tsing-Tien Making, a young Chinese practice, joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024
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Gulbenkian Foundation's new art centre by Kengo Kuma is light and inviting
Lisbon's Gulbenkian Foundation reveals its redesign and new contemporary art museum, Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), by Kengo Kuma with landscape architects VDLA
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Kengo Kuma on making The Tokyo Edition, Ginza ‘warm, intimate, and spiritual’
The new Tokyo Edition, Ginza, designed by Kengo Kuma and Ian Schrager, marks the brand’s second chapter in Japan
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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
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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
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Alberni by Kengo Kuma throws shapes in Vancouver
Alberni by Kengo Kuma is completed, showing off its highly crafted, wavy volume in Vancouver, Canada
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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
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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
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Kengo Kuma and The Dalmore match rare whisky with rarefied design
Kengo Kuma on designing an architectural showcase for the first in The Dalmore Luminary Series of precious single malt whiskies
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Kengo Kuma lecture, London
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Kengo Kuma designs Aman skincare bottles to mark the resort’s 30th anniversary
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Design at Large: Kengo Kuma and Jean Prouvé feature in Art Basel’s 2016 offering
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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
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Block party: a new book explores Tokyo’s unique family homes
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Kengo Kuma's new Folk Art Museum draws on Hangzhou's local vernacular
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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
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Kengo Kuma and Associates’ OMM throws open its doors in Turkey
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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
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Kengo Kuma on the cultural perspectives of Japanese furniture
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kengo Kuma on achieving humbleness in modern architecture
Architect Kengo Kuma on achieving humbleness in modern architecture and Japan’s ‘lost decade’
