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Kengo Kuma and Associates
Architecture studio
Architecture practice whose official project pages document buildings, materials and collaborators. The references shown here concern a museum in Seoul and a library in Chikujō.
5 works documenteds · sources verified on 22/10/2026
Works & projects
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Audeum (audio museum)
Kengo Kuma and Associates · Sungyeon Won · © Namsun Lee
Vertical metal tubes wrap the façades of this museum devoted to sound in Seoul. Namsun Lee’s photograph shows the building from the street. Kengo Kuma and Associates’ project page details the aluminium envelope, interiors and collaborators.
Chikujo Town Public Library “Kizuki no Mori”
Kengo Kuma and Associates · Hironori Nagai · Shota Kobayashi · Yoshinori Yaguchi · Yoo Shiho · © Masaki Hamada / kkpo
Wooden slats fan out in front of Chikujō’s library. This conversion of a former public building combines reading and shared spaces. The official project page identifies the team and materials; the photograph is by Masaki Hamada / kkpo.
Juju
Kengo Kuma and Associates · Kazuhiko Miyazawa · Mikuru Hirasawa · Time & Style · DEN-WORKS · Savor
Trunks and branches gather on slender dark supports. For Juju, Kengo Kuma and Associates connects a series of chairs to timber species from five Japanese regions. Kazuhiko Miyazawa’s photograph shows the assembly and the irregularities of the wood.
UCCA Clay Museum
Kengo Kuma and Associates · Yutaka Terasaki · Mengxian Bao · Eiichi Kano
A ceramic-clad volume curves and dips among the buildings of Yixing, beside a canal. Kengo Kuma and Associates presents UCCA Clay Museum as a museum devoted to local ceramic culture. Eiichi Kano’s view reveals the relationship between the roof, the former factories and the landscape.
Expo 2025 Portugal Pavilion
Kengo Kuma and Associates · Photo : Tugce Ari
A skin of suspended ropes covers the façades of the Portuguese pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka. This photograph by Tugce Ari shows the vertical lines, curved canopies and the building’s relationship with the promenade. Kengo Kuma and Associates uses maritime ropes to evoke Portugal’s and Japan’s connections with the ocean.
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