Kengo Kuma

Image 6 of 36 from gallery of Nest We Grow / Kengo Kuma & Associates + College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley. Photograph by Shinkenchiku Sha

Image 4 of 9 from gallery of Yunoeki Oyu / Kengo Kuma and Associates. Photograph by Kawasumi Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Image 7 of 20 from gallery of Kengo Kuma Designs Sweeping Timber Library in Norway. Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates, Rendering by MIR

Wood fittings, used in Japanese puzzles, have already been applied to solid wood furniture. Now a cypress building has been assembled entirely from giant sized versions of the wood puzzle sticks, held together only by uniquely shaped joints. See a slide show.

JA – The Japan Architect – was first published in June 1956 and was the only English language periodical that introduced Japanese architecture to an overseas audience. Since 1991 it has been published as a quarterly journal in both Japanese and English, expanding its readership both inside and outside of Japan. Today’s JA showcases contemporary Japanese architecture with in-depth commentary on the theoretical history and context of the projects. It is organized with an emphasis on…

Rejecting flashy forms in favor of buildings in harmony with their environment, the architect is trying to reinvent his entire trade.

Star Tokyo architect Kengo Kuma plants his flag in the United States with a new cultural complex for the Portland Japanese Garden