Opening on December 21, Tokyo's new National Stadium will replace its older, 56-year-old arena of the same name. (Rendering courtesy Kengo Kuma Architects) The project is located in Tokyo’s ...

Despite a rocky start, Kengo Kuma has finally broken ground on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium that will host the 2020 event. Renderings for the $1.5 billion project show a light and airy stadium ...

Kengo Kuma’s $1.4 billion National Stadium is over 25 percent complete and should open in November 2019 for six months of testing before the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics kickoff. The three-tiered ...

Kengo Kuma champions an ideal of “losing architecture”—intricate buildings that disappear into their environs—although it’s hard to miss the new National Stadium in Japan when walking ...

MILAN — Leading Japanese architect Kengo Kuma brought ... material Alcantara. Kuma is also famous for his design of the Dallas Rolex building and the Japan National Stadium.

To achieve its unusual effect, Kengo Kuma used slabs of onyx for the ... In this building on the site of an earlier national stadium, Kuma once again used wood as the primary construction material ...

In Asia, Kengo Kuma has left an indelible mark with projects that embody the essence of Japanese architecture. The Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, designed for the 2020 Olympic Games, is a ...

Kengo Kuma has a philosophy: to enrich the connection between buildings and nature, “almost tuning-in” to the materials. His architecture is inspired by traditional Japanese design, and he’s ...

Mr Kuma, 69, is the founder of Kengo Kuma & Associates ... In celebrated buildings such as the Japan National Stadium (2019), the references to regional architecture are evident in the use ...

TOKYO -- For Kengo Kuma, the Japanese architect known for the main stadium of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, a trip to Africa in 1978 was an eye-opening experience that shaped his design philosophy.

Kengo Kuma has a philosophy: to enrich the connection between buildings and nature, “almost tuning-in” to the materials. His architecture is inspired by traditional Japanese design, and he is ...