# Cecil Balmond

> Cecil Balmond OBE is a British Sri Lankan designer, artist, and writer. In 1968, Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners, leading him to become deputy chairman. In 2000, he founded design and research group, the AGU .
He currently holds the Paul Philippe Cret Chair at PennDesign as Professor of Architecture where he is also the founding director of the Non Linear Systems Organization, a material and structural research unit. He has also been Kenzo Tange Visiting Design Critic at Harvard Graduate School of Architecture (2000), Eero Saarinen Visiting professor at Yale University School of Architecture (1997–2002) and visiting fellow at London School of Economics Urban Cities Programme (2002–2004).

*Structural engineer, artist (born 1943)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Architect
- **Category:** Architects
- **Born:** 1943
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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