Partner, Kengo Kuma & Associates (live from Tokyo)
Balazs Bognar is an American architect and Partner at Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo, Japan. He has been working directly with Kengo Kuma to lead the office’s North American projects since 2007, combining imagination and rigor with a personable team approach.
He received his Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (2003), and his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis (2000).
Notable completed work includes Amanpuri’s Retail Pavilion in Phuket, Thailand (2019), Rolex Tower in Dallas, Texas (2018, receiving the 2019 Engineering News-Record Global Best Office Building Project); Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Village in Oregon (2017, receiving the 2018 Eurasian Prize, and the 2019 American Institute of Architects Japan Award, among others); and Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, Japan (2014).
Balazs is currently overseeing projects in Sydney and throughout the U.S., with ongoing construction in Vancouver, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
