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

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, he studied architecture at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 and graduated in 1972.

Selected work ( with KPMB) includes:

• Gardiner Museum
  Gardiner Museum
  The Gardiner Museum is the only museum in Canada devoted exclusively to ceramic art. It is located on Queen’s Park just south of Bloor Street in Toronto, opposite the Royal Ontario Museum. The nearest subway station is Museum.-History:...
  
   2006
• The National Ballet School of Canada 2007 American Institute of Architects
  American Institute of Architects
  The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
  
   award
• Manitoba Hydro Downtown Office Project
  Manitoba Hydro Tower
  Manitoba Hydro Place is the headquarters building of Manitoba Hydro, the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada — and is located at 360 Portage Avenue, downtown Winnipeg....
  
   2009
• Bell Lightbox - Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFF)
  Bell Lightbox
  The TIFF Bell Lightbox & Festival Tower is a cultural centre and skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was developed by The Daniels Corporation and designed by Toronto-based architectural firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects...
  
   2010
• Quartier Concordia
  Quartier Concordia
  Quartier Concordia is a neighbourhood redevelopment project centred around Concordia University's Sir George Williams campus in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
  
  
  • Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex, 2005
  • John Molson School of Business
    John Molson School of Business
    The John Molson School of Business is the business school of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With over 6,500 undergraduate students, 1200 graduate students and 36,000 alumni...
    
    , 2009
  • Guy Metro Building (re-cladding), 2010
• James Stewart Centre for Mathematics, McMaster University
• Kitchener City Hall
  Kitchener City Hall
  The City Hall of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, has gone through many iterations through the 20th century, culminating in the current building, which opened in 1993....
  
   1993
• Richmond City Hall
• Canadian Embassy in Berlin 2005
• Art Gallery of Hamilton
  Art Gallery of Hamilton
  Art Gallery of Hamilton, is located in the heart of downtown Hamilton, Ontario on King Street West and is one of Canada’s oldest galleries with a collection of over 9,000 works of art.-History:...
  
   2005
• Art Gallery of Ontario
  Art Gallery of Ontario
  Under the direction of its CEO Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO embarked on a $254 million redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg...
  
   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
  Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
  The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is a Japanese cultural centre located in the Don Mills neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the west side of the Don Valley Parkway just north of Eglinton Avenue.-Original Building:...
  
   2002
• Richmond City Hall
• Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
• Vaughan City Hall
• Rockcliffe Redevelopment, Ottawa
• Design Exchange
  Design Exchange
  The Design Exchange is a design museum and centre for the advancement and promotion of Canadian design located in the historic Toronto Stock Exchange building. The DX hosts over 50 programs every year that promote the value of design as it contributes to the economy, quality of life and environment...
  
   1988

Bruce Kuwabara is the recipient of the RAIC 2006 Gold Medal

Gold Medal

Gold Medal is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2004 on Atlantic Records. It was one of the first albums released in the DualDisc format, but was recalled due to a mastering error which resulted in the final track being partially omitted from the CD...

. 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

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy...

in 2005

Press release and Acceptance Speech are available for download on the KPMB website.

External links

• KPMB Architects