Kengo Kuma & Associates

1954 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture

1979 Completed Master's Course at the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

1985-86 Visiting Scholar at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, and at the Asian Cultural Council

1987 Established Spatial Design Studio

1990 Established Kengo Kuma & Associates

1994 Lecturer at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning (NY, USA)

1998-99 Visiting Professor at Keio University Faculty of Environmental Information

2001-09 Professor at Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology

2007-08 Visiting Professor at University of Illinois (Chicago, USA)

2008 Established Kuma & Associates Europe (Paris, France)

2009 - present Professor at the University of Tokyo

(Photo: The Courier)