Hagy Belzberg, FAIA, OAA

Hagy received his Masters of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has been awarded the American Institute of Architects California Council “Emerging Talent Award”, and received the prestigious “Emerging Voice” Award from the Architectural League of New York in 2008. In 2010 Hagy Belzberg was elected to The College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. In 2014, Hagy Belzberg was invited to exhibit his work at MOCA’s “A New Sculpturalism, Contemporary Architecture from Southern California.”

His firm, Belzberg Architects, has earned over 70 international, national and local design awards including over 20 from the American Institute of Architects. His work has been featured in over 200 publications throughout more than 25 countries and has been honored with the A.I.A. Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Committee Design Honor Award and the Green Building Award from the Mayor of Los Angeles.  The Urban Land Institute recognized his design work and contribution to excellence in urban planning.  In 2007, the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, Canada featured his work at the Expanding Bodies Conference which focused on “digital sensing and interactive and responsive systems.”

Hagy Belzberg‘s approach to design is driven by investigation, particularly of non-traditional construction methods, and often through the use of digital fabrication. His projects continually question material conventions while applying innovative solutions to each design challenge. Since 1994, Hagy has held Graduate and Undergraduate level instructorship and lecture positions at UCLA, USC and The Southern California Institute of Architecture.