Kengo Kuma
In 1987, Kuma founded the Spatial Design Studio, and in 1990, he established his own firm, Kengo Kuma &amp; Associates. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Keio University, where in 2008, Kuma was awarded a Ph.D. in architecture. As a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, he runs a variety of research projects concerning architecture, urbanism and design within his laboratory, Kuma Lab. Kengo Kuma &amp; Associates employs over 150 architects in Tokyo and Paris, designing projects of diverse type and scale throughout the world.