Bruce Kuwabara

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Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, AIA (born 1949) is a Canadian architect and partner in the firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (formed in 1987).

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he studied architecture at the University of Toronto and graduated in 1972.

Selected work includes:

Gardiner Museum
Canada's National Ballet School
Manitoba Hydro Downtown Office Project
Bell Lightbox - Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFF)
Le Quartier Concordia: Phase 1 - Engineering, Computer Science / Visual Arts Integrated Complex
James Stewart Centre for Mathematics, McMaster University
Kitchener City Hall
Richmond City Hall
Canadian Embassy in Berlin
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III
Ammirati Puris Lintas
Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre, Centennial College
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
Marc Laurent
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Richmond City Hall
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
Vaughan Civic Centre
Rockcliffe Redevelopment, Ottawa

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.

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