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What if a building could be a park,
a theater, and a lab — all at once?
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585 Kendall: Takeda Global R&D Center
Under Construction · Kendall Square, Cambridge · CBT Architects
Exhibition · 2019
Balancing Act
BSA Space, Boston
Competition · 2014
Artists for Humanity Expansion
Boston, MA
Speculative · 2015
Primis
Any Subway Station
Competition · 2020
Springdale Veterans Memorial
Springdale, AR
02
How can a contemporary building honor a historic neighborhood
without becoming a costume?
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10 Farnsworth
Built 2022 · Fort Point, Boston · CBT Architects · BSA + AIA New England Honor Award
Built · 2020
Bulfinch Crossing & The Sudbury
Boston, MA
Research · 2016
Landmark-ing
Independent
03
How do we design for extreme conditions
without abandoning human experience?
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Abu Dhabi Climate Resilience Initiative
Built 2021 · Abu Dhabi, UAE · CBT Architects · Up to 10°C reduction in UTCI
Built · 2025
585 Kendall — LEED Platinum
Cambridge, MA
Built · 2014
Masdar Institute Residential Neighborhood
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
04
Can emerging technology serve cities
without erasing what makes them human?
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Balancing Act: Urbanism and Emerging Technologies
Exhibition 2019 · BSA Space, Boston & Seattle · CBT Architects
Speculative · 2019
Autonomous Block
Speculative
Research · 2021
S-Mall City
Any American Mall
Speculative · 2015
Primis
Any Subway Station
05
What happens when infrastructure
divides rather than connects?
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Chicago Master Plan — Riverfront District
Proposal 2019 · 65 acres · Chicago, IL · CBT Architects
Speculative · 2019
Autonomous Block
Speculative
Research · 2012
Rethinking Manhattan's Grid
Manhattan, NY
Research · 2013
Mending the Bronx
The Bronx, NY
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Sae
Hyun
Kim

Sae Kim searches for meaningful relationships. His work — spanning buildings, city blocks, exhibitions, and research — is a sustained attempt to find what design can do in an increasingly polarized society.

He is an architect and urban designer at CBT Architects in Boston, working across scales — from building facades to city master plans to public installations. He is a licensed architect (AIA).

Experience
CBT Architects2014–
Independent Practice2014–
Education
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