YAMASATO ASHIHARA ARCHITECTS

Maurice Yamasato received Bachelor in Architecture from University of

Hawaii, Honolulu 1966 and attended California State
Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, California after attending Kapaa High
School, Kauai, 1960
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Maurice Yamasato has over 40 years of progressive and responsible 
Architectural experience. In the early years, the firm specialized in custom 
Residential projects and later expanded its portfolio to include planning, 
commercial, retail, chain restaurants, government and a larger and more 
diverse scope, including civic centers, warehouses, and military facilities. 
 
He has provided responsible leadership in the planning and design efforts of 
numerous Bishop Estate renovations, industrial and commercial projects. 
Some of his projects include the Coral Creek Golf Course Clubhouse, 
Princeville Public Library, Hawaii Okinawa Center, Westloch Elderly 
Housing, and Kapolei Golf Course Clubhouse. The Hawaii Okinawa Center 
remains one of Maurice Yamasato’s most visible. “I feel like it belongs to the

community and everybody had input in it and this is the result of it,” he said.
He also serve as a Director of Central Pacific Bank And Central Pacific 
Financial Corp from 2004 to 2011.
 
He is a current member of American Institute of Architects and registered to 
practice architecture in State of Hawaii and Director of AIA Hawaii 2017

 
His design approach: Design is a universal language. Dignified or dynamic,

classic or contemporary, sophisticated or simple, it inspires the places we live,

work and play. It calls forth our personal experience and connection to one

another, wherever we are in the world.”
 
AWARDS:
July 30, 2010
Award of Merit AIA
Fourth Annual People’s Choice Award: 
Hawaii Carpenters Union Training Center
 
July 11, 2015
HUOA Certificates of Appreciation
HOC supporters from Okinawa and Hawaii
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The Hawaii Okinawa Center remains one of Maurice Yamasato’s most visible

projects as a practicing architect. “I feel like it belongs to the community and

everybody had input in it and this is the result of it,” he said.
HUOA Certificates of Appreciation to HOC supporters from Okinawa and

Hawai‘i on July 11.
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Director
2004 - 2011
Central Pacific Financial Corp. and it’s subsidiary, Central Pacific Bank (Honolulu,

Hawaii)
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Director
CB Bancshares, Inc. (Hawaii)It used to have three wholly owned subsidiaries,

City Bank, Datatronix Financial Services, Inc. and O.R.E., Inc.

Director

Liberty Bank , sold to Bank of America.

Nobutaka Ashihara received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, preceded by a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Hosei University Technical College. He also attended Keio University majoring in English Literature.

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Since 1978, Mr. Ashihara has providing consulting services to clients in the areas of planning, development feasibility, architecture, and interior design.

 

Prior to forming his own firm, he has served as Vice President/Director of Kajima International; in Los Angeles and New York. He also served as a designer on the staff of Kevin Roche/John Dinkeloo Associates, Hamden, Connecticut.

 

Mr. Ashihara has also taken an active part of design education by serving as a guest lecturer, panel critic, and faculty member at several schools here and abroad, including: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, New York Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Hosei University, Nova Scotia Technical College and The Japan Society, N.Y.C.

 

He is a current member of the American Institute of Architects and registered with the National Council Architectural Review Board to practice in many states including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Minnesota, and California.

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AWARDS:

Preservation Alliance Grand Jury Awards :

Residence Inn Marriott, Philadelphia

 

The Historic District Commission :

Greenwich Japanese Elementary School

 

AIA Award :

666 Fifth Avenue

 

PUBLICATIONS:

ARCHITECTURALR ECORD,N EW YORKT IMES,

OCULUS (AIA NY), JAPAN ARCHITECTS :

Marriott Financial Center

 

AIA GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY,

NEW YORK 2000 :

100 Broadway/ Bank ofTokyo

666 Fifth Avenue

Nichiren Shoshu Temple

 

EXHIBITIONS

JIA Exhibition and Lecture in JAPAN 2007

UNA MOSTOLA in Pisa, Italy 2008

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