Kengo Kuma podcast and image gallery

Kengo Kuma Photo © dboxCelebrated Japanese architect Kengo Kuma delivered the Royal Academy's 2008 Annual Architecture Lecture on 14 July.

In recent years Kuma has designed a number of projects in Europe, including the Sake No Hana restaurant in London. Most of his work however remains in Asia. With their exquisite control of surface, which can be transparent, opaque, reflective, sliced or solid, his buildings offer different ways of appreciating their site and through that appreciation to engage in contemplation of ideas or objects within them. The Annual Architecture Lecture is proudly supported by John Robertson Architects and the Japanese Committee of Honour of the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Images:

Kengo Kuma, Water/Glass House Photo: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka

Kengo Kuma, Suntory Museum Photo: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka

Kengo Kuma, Stone Museum Photo: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka

Kengo Kuma, Museum Of Hiroshige Ando Photo: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka

Kengo Kuma, Orbe Tea Room Photo: Daici Ano

Kengo Kuma, Lotus House Photo: Daici Ano

Kengo Kuma, Great Bamboo Wall Photo: Satoshi Asakawa

Kengo Kuma, Chokkura Plaza Photo: Daici Ano