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Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma Architects
Kuma Architects
Product details
- ISBN 9780764366802
- Weight: 45g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This new book on Kengo Kuma, one of the world’s most respected
architects, focuses on architectural detailing throughout 38 global
projects to discover his creative essence.
Kuma’s gentle but commanding commentary, accompanied by hundreds of photos and diagrams, focuses on how architectural details reveal his identity across a journey of discovery. This evolution is told in six chapters—Fabric, Mineral, Green, Thatching, Bamboo, and Wood—and covers 38 projects from around the world. Each project has been carefully curated to tell specific developments in this coming-of-age story.
As he explains the details of each project, readers will see more of Kengo Kuma’s creative essence throughout his process. Concepts covered here offer clarity on his perspective as an architect and include
• creating softness with hard materials,
• the relationship between openness and anti-volume,
• and how to use geometry to mitigate the natural contours of a building site.
What unfolds is an architectural vision of craft developed through the exploration of historical processes and expectations, craftsmanship, and artistic skill.
Kuma’s gentle but commanding commentary, accompanied by hundreds of photos and diagrams, focuses on how architectural details reveal his identity across a journey of discovery. This evolution is told in six chapters—Fabric, Mineral, Green, Thatching, Bamboo, and Wood—and covers 38 projects from around the world. Each project has been carefully curated to tell specific developments in this coming-of-age story.
As he explains the details of each project, readers will see more of Kengo Kuma’s creative essence throughout his process. Concepts covered here offer clarity on his perspective as an architect and include
• creating softness with hard materials,
• the relationship between openness and anti-volume,
• and how to use geometry to mitigate the natural contours of a building site.
What unfolds is an architectural vision of craft developed through the exploration of historical processes and expectations, craftsmanship, and artistic skill.
Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a member of the Japan Art Academy after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 50 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings.
