Richard Bliah

First-class Architect
Founder, Principal: Richard Bliah Associates
Co-President, S’International Group

 

Richard Bliah became the first foreign architect to be licensed in Japan after studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris and the Polytechnic school of Waseda University in Tokyo. After working briefly in the construction engineering field, he went on to found Richard Bliah Associates in 1997. Through more than 35 years of practice in Japan, Richard Bliah has engaged in more than 120 projects domestically and internationally, gaining an extensive capacity to melt eastern and western design thinking and applying it to create high-performance and sustainable architecture.