Kuma did not like the house as a child; it contrasted greatly with the brand-new concrete towers where many of his friends resided. He envied them, and it took him a while to learn to appreciate ...

He was a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, where he taught renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Pritzker ... the Sapporo Dome stadium in Hokkaido, the Tasaki Museum of Art ...