1954年生。1979年、東京大学大学院建築学科修了。1990年、隈研吾建築都市設計事務所設立。慶應義塾大学教授を経て、2009年より東京大学教授。1997年「森舞台/登米町伝統芸能伝承館」で日本建築学会賞、2010年「根津美術館」で毎日芸術賞、その他、国内外からの受賞多数。近作に「サントリー美術館」、「浅草文化観光センター」、「アオーレ長岡」、「歌舞伎座」、「ブザンソン芸術文化センター」、「FRACマルセイユ」等。新国立競技場の設計にも携わる。著書に『自然な建築』（岩波新書）、『小さな建築』（岩波新書）、『建築家、走る』（新潮社）、『僕の場所』（大和書房）、『広場』（淡交社）等。

Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Tokyo in 1979. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He taught at Keio University as Professor, and in 2009 he was installed as Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, the University of Tokyo.
Kuma was awarded with Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award in 1997 for the Noh Stage in the Forest and Mainichi Art Award in 2010 for Nezu Museum. Recent works include Suntory Museum of Art, Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center, Nagaoka City Hall Aore, Kabukiza, Besançon Art Center and Cité de la Musique and FRAC Marseille. Kengo Kuma & Associates are also working on the New National Stadium Japan along with Taisei Corporation and Azusa Sekkei.
He has also written numerous books and most of the titles have been translated into Chinese and Korean. His major writings, Anti-Object, Natural Architecture, Small Architecture have been published in English from AA Publications, the book department of AA School, UK’s prestigious architecture institution.