Florian Busch

Florian Busch is an award-winning architect featured in numerous publications and media. He has been invited speaker, lecturer and guest critic at institutions world-wide. After graduating from Bauhaus University in Weimar and the Architectural Association in London, Florian Busch worked for Toyo Ito & Associates from 2004 until 2008. In 2009 he founded Florian Busch Architects (FBA), an office practicing architecture and urbanism. Headquartered in Tokyo, FBA draws on a global network of the industry’s top experts, bringing together a wealth of knowledge and innovation to drive every project to solutions exceeding the imagined. FBA’s works comprise a wide spectrum of structures and buildings at all scales. FBA’s research teams focus on a wide spectrum of topics pertaining to and going beyond what is conventionally considered ‘architecture’. Following the acclaimed design for an exhibition pavilion made from custom-developed materials out of industrial waste in 2010, FBA were, the following year, asked to lead the artistic direction of one of Japan’s largest Design Trade Shows. In the same year, FBA were commissioned by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to design a space showcasing the dormant treasures of craftsmanship from Tohoku, the area devastated during the tsunami of March 2011. Florian Busch is a registered architect in Germany and Japan.