Key completed work includes Alberni in Vancouver, Canada (2023), Amanpuri Retail Pavilion in Phuket, Thailand (2019), Rolex in Dallas, Texas (2018); Portland Japanese Garden Cultural Village in Oregon (2017); and Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, Japan (2014), with current construction in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Sydney. Ongoing projects include the office’s first museum in the United States near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a native mixed-use cultural center in Juneau, Alaska, and a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. 

Bognár lectures broadly and writes selectively about his work with Kengo Kuma & Associates, reflecting on the meaning of the office’s efforts within broader cultural contexts. Key writings include “Ancient Future: Materiality and Place in the Work of Kengo Kuma & Associates” published by Domus in 2023, “Fitness on Connected Fields: Distance, Time, and Conversation” published by Routledge in 2022, and Kengo Kuma: Portland Japanese Garden published by Rizzoli Electa in 2019, cowritten with Prof. Botond Bognar and introduced by Kengo Kuma. He received his Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and his B.A. in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Miyagi holds Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and PhD in Urban Design Studies from Kyoto University. His extensive academic career includes appointments of Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at Chiba University and Professor in Urban Design at The University of Tokyo. Currently, Miyagi is teaching design studio at Harvard Graduate School of Design which has the field of study in Japan.

Kathryn lectures internationally and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, an honorary Royal Designer for Industry member, a medalist of the French Academy of Architecture and a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. She is the recipient of the Architects’ Journal Jane Drew Prize 1998, the 2001 Chrysler Design Award, the 2008 ASLA Design Medal, the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for Architecture 2012, the 8th Obayashi Prize, Japan in 2014 and the 2019 Geoffrey Jellicoe Award. In 2021, she was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 

Before Nakanishi joined the Garden in 2018, he spent ten years as the Cultural Affairs Specialist at the United States Embassy in Tokyo, overseeing programs that strengthened U.S.–Japan relations. He served as a key cultural advisor to multiple U.S. Ambassadors, including John V. Roos and Caroline B. Kennedy, and conducted policy research into the socio-cultural dimensions of bilateral exchange. During this period, he also founded a non-profit dedicated to regional revitalization and youth empowerment. His earlier career began in mass media as Program Director at a major Tokyo network, followed by work in the contemporary art world as an international art dealer. 

In his current capacity at the Garden, Nakanishi led more than one thousand programmatic initiatives that advanced the organization’s stature as a leading force in cultural diplomacy. These included art exhibitions, festivals, cultural demonstrations, workshops, seminars, lectures, concerts, international conferences, and culinary programs. Through a strategic approach that bridged local and international engagement, he strengthened the Garden’s network of partners and supporters across Japan and the United States, helping to elevate Portland’s profile on both sides of the Pacific. 

Nakanishi holds a master’s degree in Cultural Policy from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, where he researches medieval Japanese cultural networks.