BLIAH ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Architectural Designer & Urban Designer / Project Junior Architect - Richard
Fan Guo has engaged in a multitude of projects including office, commercial, educational and planning, with a focus on balancing a design's feasibility and desirability. Studied architecture in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Urban Design at Columbia University, Fan specializes in creating livable environments across multiple scales.
After graduating Architecture course at Musashino Art University, he started his career as a graphic designer at SEGA. From 5 years of working experience at SEGA, he obtained good graphic design skill as a professional. Then, he decided to come back to architecture industry and finished Master of Architecture course at Manchester University in the UK. The program is accredited by ARB (Architects Registration Board), therefore, he is qualified as RIBA (Royal Institution of British Architect) part 2 assistant architect. Soon after coming back to Japan, he experienced internship at Kengo Kuma's office, and now started his career as an architect at RBA.
With 17 years as an Architect, Miguel Puig has developed a wide experience in Japan, Dubai, Mexico, Canada and the UK. Leading architectural teams from concept to construction for a variety of schemes including mixed use, residential, civic, restoration, super high rise buildings and education. Parallel to his professional experience, Miguel has continued updating his academic education. His latest studies in 2014 are masters in engineering at the University of Tokyo in advanced design and previous studies in 2004 are a Masters in Arts at the University of Nottingham, where he specialized in the design of sustainable buildings and utilization of renewable energy technologies.During several occasions, Miguel had the opportunity of one of the most rewarding activities in life, teaching architectural design invited by the University Anahuac Mayab in Mexico as design professor. One of Miguel's hobbies is photography and he has participated in several exhibitions. He comments that living in Tokyo is one the best places to develop his hobby.
Job Titles:
- Architect & Urban Planner
Job Titles:
- Architect & Construction Manager / Architect - Richard
Architect graduated from Insa Strasbourg in France, quentin worked 15 years in architectural offices in Paris, designing, detailing and managing construction on various programs, gaining experience in the construction management in renovations programs managing more than 30 projects. Recently as a technical property manager Quentin was responsible for a large portfolio of properties for a bank company, giving him accurate experience in the field of maintenance and safety for the buildings.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- First - Class Architect
- First Foreign Architect
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.
Job Titles:
- Accounting, Analyst / Secretary - Richard
More than 18 years of experiences as market research analyst, photographic specialist in imaging industry and 4 years of experiences as executive secretary in insurance field, Iizuka is experienced in research, analysis, and accounting.
Job Titles:
- First - Class Architect, Construction Management Expert
Job Titles:
- President
- First Class Architect / President - Richard
Yusuke Namba has extensive experience in developing and realizing international projects. Graduated in architecture and city planning at Waseda University, he has spent his career engaged in a variety of architectural works around the world, including Japan, Australia, Jordan, Pakistan, Egypt and Cambodia.