Bruce Kuwabara
Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, RCA, AIA is a Canadian architect and partner in the firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) (formed in 1987).
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he studied architecture at the University of Toronto and graduated in 1972.[1]
Selected work ( with KPMB) includes:
- Gardiner Museum 2006
- The National Ballet School of Canada 2007 American Institute of Architects award
- Manitoba Hydro Downtown Office Project 2009
- Bell Lightbox - Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFF) 2010
- Quartier Concordia
- Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex, 2005
- John Molson School of Business, 2009
- Guy Metro Building (re-cladding), 2010
- James Stewart Centre for Mathematics, McMaster University
- Kitchener City Hall 1993
- Richmond City Hall
- Canadian Embassy in Berlin 2005
- Art Gallery of Hamilton 2005
- Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III 1992
- Ammirati Puris Lintas
- Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre, Centennial College
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
- Marc Laurent
- Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 2002
- Richmond City Hall
- Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
- Vaughan City Hall
- Rockcliffe Redevelopment, Ottawa
- Design Exchange 1988
Bruce Kuwabara is the recipient of the RAIC 2006 Gold Medal. The medal recognizes Kuwabara's contribution to the profession of architecture and is Canada's highest honour bestowed by the profession on an individual. In his acceptance speech, Kuwabara offers a personal reflection, which contrasts the memories of his experience of growing up in the post-World War II climate as a Japanese-Canadian with the later inspirations of his mentors and seminal events that determined his vocation as an architect. His reflections of the collaborative nature of architecture and an overview of his practice is featured in a special supplement published by Canadian Architect in the June 2006 issue, with essays by George Baird and Larry Richards. Bruce was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2005
Press release and Acceptance Speech are available for download on the KPMB website.
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In 2011, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions, as an architect, to our built landscape and for his commitment to professional excellence".[2]
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