Bruce Kuwabara
Canadian architect
Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, (OC, B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, AIA, RIBA) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of the firm KPMB Architects (formed in 1987). He is an invested Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the RAIC Gold Medal.2
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Born 1949.1
About
He is Board Chair of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
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Companies
- KPMB ArchitectsFounder12
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Toronto3
Kuwabara and KPMB have supported the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, at the University of Toronto as well as contributed to its curriculum. Specifically, Kuwabara helped to establish the Frank Gehry Chair for International Visitors in Architectural Design, as well as to the Faculty's ongoing building renovations. As co-chair of the University's Design the Future campaign, Kuwabara played a key role in spearheading funding for the Gehry Chair. In recognition of his contribution, he was presented with the Arbor Award for "outstanding personal service to the University of Toronto and its divisions."
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Career
- Date not recordedFounded KPMB Architects4
Selected work (with KPMB) includes:
2019: Science Commons / Science & Academic Building, University of Lethbridge (with Stantec Architecture)
2018: Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2018: Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, British Columbia (in joint venture with Public: Architecture + Communication)
2017: Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2017: Global Center for Pluralism, Ottawa, Ontario
2017: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2017: Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building & Louis A. Simpson International Building, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2016: Bay Adelaide East Tower and Podium, Toronto, Ontario
2015: Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village / Canary District, Toronto, Ontario (Dundee Kilmer Integrated Design Team: joint venture architectsAlliance and KPMB Architects in association with Daoust Lestage Inc., McClennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects)
2015: St. Michael's Cathedral Block Master Plan, Toronto, Ontario
2013: Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Stantec Architecture / KPMB Architects, Planning, Design and Compliance Architects, HDR Architecture / Diamond Schmitt Architects, Design, Build, Finance and Maintain Architects)
2013: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2013: Orchestra Hall Renewal, Minnesota Orchestra, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Stantec Architecture)
2012: The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management Expansion, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2011: Vaughan City Hall, Vaughan, Ontario
2011: Gluskin Sheff & Associates, Toronto, Ontario
2011: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Campus, Waterloo, Ontario
2011: The Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2011: Maple Leaf Square (Bremner Blvd), Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Page+Steele, architects of record)
2010: TIFF Bell Lightbox and Festival Tower, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Kirkor Architects & Planners, architects of record)
2010: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa Ontario (in joint venture with Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects and Gagnon Letellier Cyr Ricard Mathieu Architectes)
2009: Le Quartier Concordia Phase 2: John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec (in joint venture with Fichten Soiferman et Associés Architectes)
2009: Block 24 E, Railway Lands West (NEO & Montage), Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Page + Steele Inc., architect of record)
2009: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba (in joint venture with Smith Carter Architects & Engineers, Executive Architect; Transsolar, Specialist Energy/Climate Engineer; Prairie Architects Inc., Advocate Architect)
2009: One Bedford Residential Development, Toronto, Ontario
2008: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Phase 1A: Alternate Milieu, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with C3 Consortium, Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. and Kearns Mancini Architects)
2008: SugarCube, Denver, Colorado
2008: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2007: Ryerson University Master Plan, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Daoust Lestage Inc., Greenberg Consultants Inc. and IBI Group)
2006: Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario
2005: Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects)
2005: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
2005: Le Quartier Concordia Phase 1: Engineering/Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec (in joint venture with Fichten Soiferman et Associés Architectes)
2005: Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany (in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr, architectes and Smith Carter Architects Engineers)
2004: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Don Mills, Ontario
2003: 740 Dr Penfield Avenue, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
2003: James Stewart Centre for Mathematics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2003: Centennial College Applied Research and Innovation Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
2002: Ravine House, Toronto, Ontario
2001: Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
2001: Star Alliance Lounge, Zurich, Nagoya and Los Angeles
2000: Richmond City Hall, Richmond, British Columbia (in joint venture with Hotson Bakker Architects)
2000: Cardinal Ambrozic Houses of Providence, Scarborough, Ontario (in joint venture with Montgomery Sisam Architects)
2000: Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois,
1999: Chinese Cultural Centre/Community Complex, Scarborough, Ontario (in joint venture with Patrick T.Y. Chan Architect)
1998: McKee Public School, North York, Ontario
1997: Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York City, New York
1997: Indigo Books and Music, Burlington, Toronto and Kingston, Ontario
1996: Grand Valley Institution for Women, Kitchener, Ontario
1994: Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario
1993: Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario
1991: King James Place, Toronto, Ontario
1991: Reisman-Jenkinson Residence, Richmond Hill, Ontario
1987: Marc Laurent, Toronto, Ontario
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Work in progress
Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University
Bay Adelaide Centre, North Tower, Toronto (with Adamson Associates)
Contemporary Calgary, Calgary (with Gibbs Gage Architects)
Landscape of Landmark Quality, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
11 Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario (in joint venture with Page+Steele / IBI Group)
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Personal life
Awards
Links
Sources
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