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Bruce Kuwabara, Sketch for Agnes Reimagined, Agnes Terrace Looking East, 2022. Courtesy of KPMB Architects
Catalyzing Change
Bruce Kuwabara
Bruce Kuwabara, a founding partner at KPMB Architects, presents several recent projects that explore the themes of art and community and the insights he gained working on Agnes Reimagined.
Architecture is the discipline and vehicle through which he has understood societal, cultural, environmental, and economic issues. This has led to integrated design thinking, which has produced a body of work that engages with existing structures and contexts while pointing to the future. His cumulative knowledge of architecture as a profession and practice has evolved responding to the climate crisis, and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. How can architecture be a catalyst for reimagining the world?
Bruce Kuwabara
O.C., OAA, FRAIC, AIA, RIBA
Bruce Kuwabara is a founding partner of KPMB Architects in Toronto and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. In 2012, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Kuwabara’s belief and commitment in the power of architecture to act as an agent of positive change has earned him the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Gold Medal in 2006. He has been the lead design partner for 14 of KPMB’s 18 Governor General’s Awards. In 2024, Bruce was awarded honorary degrees from both the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto.
Supported by the Frances K Smith Fund.
Bruce Kuwabara. Photo: K. North Photography
