Kengo Kuma Quotes

• You could say that my aim is ‘to recover the place’. The place is a result of nature and time; this is the most important aspect. I think my architecture is some kind of frame of nature. With it, we can experience nature more deeply and more intimately. Transparency is a characteristic of Japanese architecture; I try to use light and natural materials to get a new kind of transparency.

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  Thinking, Light, Important

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• The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness

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  Architecture, Humbleness, Criteria

  "Kengo Kuma urges architects to "be humble"". Interview with James Pallister, www.dezeen.com. March 11, 2014.

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• If we could combine Starbucks' spirit with the spirit of the artisan, we knew we could achieve something special.

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  Special, Spirit, Achieve

  'Inside world's coolest Starbucks - covered in cedar sticks and inspired by 1,000-year-old shrine" by Rachel Bishop, www.mirror.co.uk. March 9, 2016.

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• EMBRACING THE EXISTING Japanese perspective on urban history and context

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  Perspective, Urban

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