According to ARCHITECT‘s Katharine Keane, five very lucky visitors in Tokyo will chat about architecture, sip tea, and nibble on cakes this week with prominent Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, Hon. FAIA, as part of a tour organized by Airbnb. (Sorry, it’s already sold out.)
Offered on a “first come, first served” basis for around $180 (£140) per person, the prolific lodging service quietly posted a tour in which “Kengo Kuma shares his architectural inspiration” as part of the platform’s growing portfolio of tourism activities.
The two-hour tour will begin at the architect’s studio in the Aoyama neighborhood, a short 25-minute walk from the Yoyogi National Gymnasium designed by late Japanese architect Kenzō Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, which inspired Kuma to become an architect. According to the experience page, “Kengo will discuss how the iconic structure informed his own perspective on architecture and design.”
