Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of Byōdō-in in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
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Picture Post: Latergram: it was another wonderful program for Living Traditions 2026. It will be available for replay on YouTube at a later date, and I do recommend it for a very insightful discussion on water.

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Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of Byōdō-in in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of Byōdō-in in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of a courtyard design from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of a courtyard design from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of a courtyard design from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Photo of a panel discussion during Living Traditions 2026. From left to right: Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer & Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education, Portland Japanese Garden; Kathryn Gustafson, Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Balázs Bognár, Partner & Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma & Associates; and Shunsaku Miyagi, Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative, Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A projector screen in the background shows a photo of a courtyard design from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Taken on Jan 31, 2026 @ 22:29.

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