Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum. photography © Takumi Ota

Kengo Kuma

April 17, 2015

@5:15 p.m -Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Kengo Kuma will give a lecture at Cornell Architecture Art Planning department titled ''Smallness'' will be held at Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall at 5.15 pm.

Kengo Kuma completed his master’s degree at the University of Tokyo in 1979. After studying at Columbia University as a visiting scholar, he established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. In 2009, he was appointed as a professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Architecture.

Among Kuma’s major works are Kirosan Observatory (1995); Water/Glass (1995, received AIA Benedictus Award); Stage in Forest, Toyoma Center for Performance Arts (received 1997 Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award); and Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum (received the Murano Prize). Recent works include Nezu Museum (2009, Tokyo); Yusuhara Marche and Wooden Bridge Museum (2010); Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center (2012); Nagaoka City Hall Aore (2012); and Kabukiza (2013). Outside Japan, the Besancon Music Center and FRAC Marseilles have been recently completed.

Kuma is also a prolific writer and his books have been published in English, Chinese, and Korean.

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