Kenichi Teramoto is a Japanese Architect based in Chiba and Founder of office of Teramoto. He acquired his master’s degree at Tokyo University of Science in 2000, and gained professional experience in Rotterdam and Tokyo. He moved to Dubai in 2012, and he was a Founding Partner of waiwai (formerly ibda design). He founded office of Teramoto in 2021 after moving back to Japan from the Middle East. Teramoto was the Co-Curator of the National Pavilion of the UAE for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021, Recipient of the Golden Lion Award.