Richard Bloch

Richard Bloch is the principal of RBA, a James Beard Award-winning architectural and interior design firm in New York City. In addition, Richard was a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, a city planner in Iran and a design consultant for U.S. Government cultural centers in Italy, Germany, Mexico, Great Britain, Belgium and Japan.

Richard worked closely with Corey during the pre-opening stages of Benu. Together, they visited and studied over two dozen locations before finding the home for Benu at 22 Hawthorne Street in San Francisco. The result of their collaboration is a cleanly-designed space that is unique, contemporary and subtly elegant. Purposely devoid of unnecessary elements, each design feature thoughtfully balances aesthetics and function to tie together the overall dining experience.