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1954年 神奈川県生まれ。1979年 東京大学大学院修了。1985-86年 コロンビア大学建築・都市計画学科客員研究員。Asian Cultural Council給費研究員。1987年 空間研究所設立。1990年 隈研吾建築都市設計事務所設立。1998年 建築省「建築審議会」委員。1998-99年 慶応義塾大学環境情報学部環境情報学科特別招聘教授。2001年 慶応義塾大学理工学部教授。2002年 国土交通省「社会資本整備審議会」専門委員、国土交通省「社会資本技術開発会議」委員、東日本旅客鉄道株式会社「拠点駅整備」アドバイザーなど。

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Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1954. Received M.A. in Architecture from the University of Tokyo in 1979. Established the Spatial Design Studio in 1987 after serving as a visiting scholar at Columbia University's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. Currently a professor at Keio University's School of Science and Technology.
Opposed to the twentieth-century notion that architecture creates objects divorced from space, Kuma has developed an architectural mode for the twenty-first century through repeated experimental integration of architecture and its natural surroundings. At the same time, he also seeks an open relationship between society and architecture. A controversialist, he stands at the vanguard of architecture's next generation.
Kuma has received numerous domestic and international awards for his work, including:
The JCD Design Award in 1995 for the Kiro-san Observatory
 - The Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 1997 for the Noh Stage in the Forest
 - The American Institute of Architects DuPont Benedictus Award in 1997 for Water/Glass
 - The Togo Murano Award in 2000 for the Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum
 - The Italian International Stone Architecture Award in 2001 for the Nasu Stone Museum