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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Kaoru Mende
- Kaoru Mende (born June 12, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan) is an architectural lighting designer from Japan. Mende has bachelor's and master's degrees from the Tokyo University of Art.
- He is a visiting professor of lighting design at Musashino Art University and also lectures at Tokyo University of the Arts, among other institutions. Kaoru Mende is the CEO of Lighting Planners Associates.
- He has won many awards from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD).Mende is also the acting chief of the “Lighting Detectives”, a citizens’ group that specializes in the study of the culture of lighting.
- Mende has been involved in such superb projects as Tokyo International Forum, JR Kyoto Station, Sendai Mediatheque, Roppongi Hills, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore City Center Lighting Master Plan, Alila Villas Uluwatu, Aman New Delhi, Gardens by the Bay and Façade lighting for Tokyo station.
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