“I want to design architecture that is soft, gentle, and friendly to people and nature”
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Kengo Kuma & Associates “Fair Exchange,” page 116 principal: Kengo Kuma. office site: Tokyo. office size: 230 architects and administrators. current projects: Waseda Inter national House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library) in Tokyo; Ishigaki City city hall in Okinawa, Japan; Saint-Denis Pleyel Emble matic Train Station in Paris. honors: John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award; Architecture Institute of Japan Education Award; Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. role model: Frank Lloyd Wright for trying to realize an integration between nature and architecture. away: Kuma has satellite offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Paris. home: Since the COVID-19 crisis has begun, he’s been staying local in Tokyo, exploring his area, discovering interesting shops and restaurants, calling the experience “quite inspiring.” kkaa.co.jp
J.C. CARBONNE
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INTERIOR DESIGN
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