The Japanese architect behind plans for the Victoria and Albert museum in Dundee will deliver his first public lecture in Scotland in the city next month.
Kengo Kuma is lead architect on the V&A at Dundee project and will give the free lecture at Dundee University on May 21.
His firm, Kengo Kuma and Associates, won the international design competition for the V&A building on Dundee’s waterfront.
The lecture called The Answer Is Architecture will discuss the role of architecture in connecting people to their environment and enhancing their relationship with their surroundings. It will take place at the Dalhousie Building at 6pm.
“We are delighted that Kengo Kuma is going to give this public lecture in Dundee,” said David Dorward, chief executive of Dundee City Council and a board member of Design Dundee Ltd, the partnership responsible for driving the V&A project forward.
“We continue to receive enormous public interest in the V&A at Dundee and this will be a chance for people to hear directly from the lead architect on the project.”
Those interested can register their interest by emailing events@dundee.ac.uk.
A professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, Mr Kuma also holds the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.
His design proposal for the V&A at Dundee building, together with those from the five other finalists in the design competition, will go on show at the V&A in London from Friday.
The architectural designs for the V&A at Dundee exhibition have already been seen by thousands of people in Scotland.
Around 15,000 people visited when it was unveiled at Abertay University in autumn and it has since been shown at the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh and the Lighthouse in Glasgow.
The exhibition showcases the six shortlisted designs from the international architectural competition for the V&A at Dundee, which attracted over 120 entries from around the world.
The exhibition will run until May 15 at the V&A in South Kensington.
Design Dundee Ltd is a partnership between the V&A and Dundee City Council, the universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee, and Scottish Enterprise.
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