Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 50 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings. His major publications include Zen Shigoto(Kengo Kuma – the complete works, Daiwa Shobo), Ten Sen Men (“point, line, plane”, Iwanami Shoten), Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat, Iwanami Shoten), Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho), Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.
Architecture
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Busan Lotte Tower | Busan | 2025 |
340 m / 1,115 ft |
23 | Observation / Exhibition / Retail |
2 | MahaNakhon | Bangkok | 2016 |
314 m / 1,030 ft |
79 | Residential / Hotel |
3 | Toshima Ecomusee Town | Tokyo | 2015 |
189 m / 620 ft |
50 | Residential / Office |
4 | Kamiyacho Trust Tower | Tokyo | 2020 |
180 m / 591 ft |
38 | Serviced Apartments / Hotel / Office |
5 | Takanawa Gateway City - Residential Tower | Tokyo | - |
172 m / 564 ft |
44 | Residential |
6 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex II | Tokyo | - |
166 m / 545 ft |
31 | Office |
7 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex I South | Tokyo | - |
158 m / 518 ft |
30 | Office |
8 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex I North | Tokyo | - |
153 m / 502 ft |
29 | Office |
9 | 1919-1933 2nd Avenue | Seattle | - |
148 m / 484 ft |
42 | Residential / Hotel |
10 | Kabukiza Tower | Tokyo | 2013 |
146 m / 477 ft |
29 | Office / Residential |
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Busan Lotte Tower | Busan | 2025 |
340 m / 1,115 ft |
23 | Observation / Exhibition / Retail |
2 | MahaNakhon | Bangkok | 2016 |
314 m / 1,030 ft |
79 | Residential / Hotel |
3 | Toshima Ecomusee Town | Tokyo | 2015 |
189 m / 620 ft |
50 | Residential / Office |
4 | Kamiyacho Trust Tower | Tokyo | 2020 |
180 m / 591 ft |
38 | Serviced Apartments / Hotel / Office |
5 | Takanawa Gateway City - Residential Tower | Tokyo | - |
172 m / 564 ft |
44 | Residential |
6 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex II | Tokyo | - |
166 m / 545 ft |
31 | Office |
7 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex I South | Tokyo | - |
158 m / 518 ft |
30 | Office |
8 | Takanawa Gateway City - Complex I North | Tokyo | - |
153 m / 502 ft |
29 | Office |
9 | 1919-1933 2nd Avenue | Seattle | - |
148 m / 484 ft |
42 | Residential / Hotel |
10 | Kabukiza Tower | Tokyo | 2013 |
146 m / 477 ft |
29 | Office / Residential |
11 | Hongkou SOHO | Shanghai | 2015 |
134 m / 438 ft |
29 | Office |
12 | Alberni by Kengo Kuma | Vancouver | 2023 |
133 m / 437 ft |
42 | Residential |
13 | Harwood No. 14 Office Tower | Dallas | 2023 |
118 m / 388 ft |
26 | Office |
14 | Waldorf Astoria Sydney | Sydney | 2026 |
110 m / 361 ft |
28 | Hotel |
15 | Mastery by Crown Group | Sydney | - |
68 m / 223 ft |
20 | Residential |
16 | Park Habitat | San Jose | - |
- |
20 | Office |
17 | Crown O'Dea Avenue Tower | Sydney | - |
- |
19 | Residential |
18 | Aman Miami Beach Residences | Miami Beach | 2024 |
- |
18 | Serviced Apartments |
19 | 1111 Sunset Hotel | Los Angeles | 2023 |
- |
17 | Hotel |
20 | The Daikanyamacho Project | Tokyo | 2023 |
- |
10 | Residential / Office / Retail |
21 | Kutuzovsky Prospekt Residential Tower 1 | Moscow | - |
- |
N/A | Residential |
21 | Kutuzovsky Prospekt Residential Tower 2 | Moscow | - |
- |
N/A | Residential |
21 | Kutuzovsky Prospekt Residential Tower 3 | Moscow | - |
- |
N/A | Residential |
21 | Kutuzovsky Prospekt Residential Tower 4 | Moscow | - |
- |
N/A | Residential |
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