Yuliya Bentcheva

Yuliya joined Guerin Glass Architects in 2013, bringing her unique sustainability knowledge and passion for Hawai‘i’s culture and landscape to some of the firm’s largest and most important projects. As a Studio Director, Yuliya leads GGA’s growing Hawaiian office and has been involved on a wide range of projects, including the Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, a mixed-use campus in the heart of Honolulu’s most iconic neighborhoods, a new pavilion and outdoor gathering space for the Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University in Honolulu and a range of residential projects on the west coast. From project initiation to consultant coordination and construction oversight, she is equipped with the skillset to manage projects of various scales and complexities.

Yuliya received her Master of Architecture from MIT and moved to Hawaii to explore real life applications of her thesis work on bamboo construction. Loving the island life and interested in gaining more technical experience in the field, she joined GGA. Yuliya is on the Board of Directors for AIA Honolulu and involved with the Hawai’i chapters of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and NAIOP. She is a licensed architect.