Architect Kengo Kuma's Authentic Village Beautifies Portland Japanese Gardens www.forbes.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 9 months ago in Art & Culture

Famed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ National Stadium, offers some relief as creator of the Portland Japanese Garden’s new 3.4-acre Cultural Village, set to open this April. Already celebrated as perhaps the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan, the Oregon tourist destination’s $33.5 million expansion represents Kuma’s first public commission in the United States.