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Kengo Kuma
Born in Yokohama in the Kanagawa prefecture, Kengo Kuma (1954) is considered one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects. After graduating from the University of Tokyo (1979), he studied at Colombia University for two years as a visiting researcher (1985-86). In 1987 he founded the Spatial Design Studio (now Kengo Kuma & Associates) and opened his Paris Studio in 2008. His design vision expresses the emotional content of materials, linked to ....
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Yoshichika Takagi
The young Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi (1975) was born in Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido and graduated from Hokkai Gakuen University in 1998. He joined the "School of Architecture” architectural association in 2001. After working at the Norisada Maeda Atelier for 4 years, he founded his own architectural practice in 2012. He currently teaches at Hokkai Gakuen University. In his personal career, Takagi has so far mainly worked on residential architecture and ....
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Dominique Coulon associés
Renowned for the large number of school buildings and cultural facilities completed in France, Dominique Coulon (1961) graduated in 1989 with the lecturer and architect Henri Ciriani (1936) and founded his own Practice later that year. Subsequently, he received a special award in the international competition for the Japanese Culture House, Paris (1990), and won the “Villa Medicis hors les murs” (1991) which enabled him to benefit from extensive study trips in Europe, the USA ....