Hidehisa Furuta

Global Design Perspective

Hide approaches every project with a refined sense of craft and proportion, devising elegant solutions to façade design, synthesizing local requirements with design intent, and balancing cost and constructability. His technical design expertise has been instrumental to the façade detailing of One Fukuoka and Tokyo Garden Terrace in Japan, buildings that offer a fresh interpretation of traditional Japanese architectural forms. In the United States, Hide lent his talent to the design of the Residences at Mandarin Oriental in Miami, whose signature balconies are clad in an embossed brass surface that gives the tower its signature hue.

One Fukuoka Building

Fukuoka, Japan

Tokyo Garden Terrace

Tokyo, Japan

Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami

Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Project Management Experience

Hide leads design teams, spearheading façade design and documentation and coordinating closely with the client, consultant team, and contractors. He served as Project Manager of Tokyo Garden Terrace, a world-class, mixed-use development that elegantly responds to the historical and cultural heritage of its site. At Waterline, the tallest building in Texas, Hide worked to realize the building’s elegantly sloping façade and worked closely with the concrete consultant and contractors to perfect its expressive concrete colonnades. In New York, he made critical contributions to 30 Hudson Yards, a landmark building on Manhattan’s west side.