#kengo-kuma Stories

ARCHITECTURE
Kengo Kuma’s Sound Museum Awakens All the Senses

Located just outside Seoul, the newly opened Audeum is both a temple of history’s finest audio...

HOTEL
At Hôtel Swexan, Kengo Kuma Does Dallas Right

The latest fixture in the city’s burgeoning Harwood District is a decadent fusion of Parisian...

FILM
Dazzling Public Bathrooms Star in Wim Wenders’ Latest Film

The art-house filmmaker has turned his lens on an unlikely muse: Tokyo’s public toilets.

ARCHITECTURE
Kengo Kuma’s Hans Christian Andersen Museum Is Its Own Fairy Tale

In Odense, the Japanese architect dreams up a museum dedicated to the Danish author’s life and...

Q&A
Scotland’s Wild Landscapes Imbue Its First Design Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s first satellite in Dundee showcases architect Kengo Kuma’s...

Hotel
Thom Mayne’s Spiritual Suites

Morphosis design director Thom Mayne makes a striking imprint on the 7132 Hotel in Vals,...

design
A Tokyo Yakitori Bar Gets a Psychedelic New Look

In the Kichijoji suburb of Tokyo, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has transformed a humble yakitori...