Chicago’s Baker Barrios Architects added veteran architect Hiroshi Sango to the company. Sango will serve as associate principal and technical director, focusing on the firm’s mixed-use practice.
According to Baker Barrios co-founder and CEO Tim Baker, Sango’s expertise will support the firm’s growing national portfolio of projects.
Prior to joining Baker Barrios, Sango served as an associate principal for Goettsch Partners. Throughout his career, Sango has contributed to numerous award-winning national and international mixed-use projects that include the Grand Hyatt Chengdu in China, the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, Mich., and The Summit, a two-tower residential, office and retail development in Suzhou, China.
He also spent four years in Shanghai, where he led signature mixed-use projects and worked closely with local staff, mentoring junior architects and fostering cross-cultural collaboration. Sango holds a Master of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture from Hosei University in Tokyo.
