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BGA

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PracticeBGA, formerly Brisac Gonzalez is the new practice name reflecting the evolution of the multiple award-winning London-based practice founded in 1999. We are committed to providing innovative, people-centric design solutions, focusing on sustainability, reducing carbon in construction, and careful consideration of site-specific challenges and opportunities. Our central London work focus on new built and retrofit … Read more

Lacaton&Vassal

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founded by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal lacatonvassal.com Anne Lacaton (1955, Saint-Pardoux, France) and Jean-Philippe Vassal (1954, Casablanca, Morocco) met in the late 1970s during their formal architecture training at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux. Lacaton went on to pursue a Masters in Urban Planning from Bordeaux Montaigne University (1984), while … Read more

NoRA

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Amsterdam, Netherlands nora.global Work Bandirma Park Partners Kaveh Dabiri Selma Maaroufi Keigo Kobayashi NoRA was founded in 2017 by Kaveh Dabiri, Keigo Kobayashi and Selma Maaroufi who share a common philosophy and experience of working together at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), where they collaborated on and led multiple high-profile projects through various design stages. Major accomplished works include detailed masterplans: Qatar Culture and Sports Hub; architecture: Qatar Foundation … Read more

EM2N

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http://www.em2n.ch/ The architecture practice EM2N, with offices in both Zurich and Berlin, was founded by Mathias Müller (*1966) and Daniel Niggli (*1970) in 1997 and is currently working together with 80 collaborators on projects in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. In addition to a number of awards including ‘bestarchitects’, ‘Umsicht-Regards-Sguardi’, the ‘Auszeichnung Guter Bauten’ from the City of … Read more

Heatherwick Studio

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founded by Thomas Heatherwick heatherwick.com Heatherwick Studio is a team of 250 problem solvers dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. Based out of our combined workshop and design studio in Central London, we create buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and infrastructure. Focusing on large scale projects in cities all over the … Read more

Perkins and Will

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The firm was established by Lawrence Perkins (1907-1998[1]) and Philip Will (1906-1985). Perkins and Will met while studying architecture at Cornell University. The company was founded in Chicago. The company attracted national attention in 1940 with the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, designed in association with Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen. In 1986, Perkins+Will … Read more

Work AC

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work.ac founded by Dan Wood and Amale Andraos Work Architecture Company is based in New York, USA. Team Amale Andraos Dan Wood Work Beirut Museum of Art Location 156 Ludlow Street 3rd floor New York 10002

REX

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directed and owned by Joshua Prince-Ramus founded by Joshua Prince-Ramus in partnership with Erez Ella in 2006 REX is an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City. Believing architecture should do things, not simply represent them, REX challenges and advances building typologies, and promotes the agency of architecture. REX aspires to … Read more

Domain Office

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founded by Mitesh Dixit domainoffice.eu DOMAIN is an architecture and urbanism studio based in Belgrade, Serbia and Syracuse, New York, led by Mitesh Dixit and Ryan Gillum. DOMAIN deliberately works without a manifesto or agenda, but insists on a method that explores the very nature of a question. We aim to discover ‘new’ questions, as … Read more

InterNationalDesign

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co-founded by Arman Akdogan and Felix Madrazo internationaldesign.nl IND [Inter.National.Design] is an architecture and urbanism office founded in 2007 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Arman Akdogan and Felix Madrazo. The practice has been characterised by its interest to achieve design clarity in combination with a delicate response to context. AWARDS: International competition for a telecommunication tower … Read more

bureau de change

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Bureau de Change is an award winning architecture practice founded by architects Katerina Dionysopoulou and Billy Mavropoulos. Its work is a direct product of the founders’ upbringing, passions and experiences – combining the pragmatism and formality of their architectural training with a desire to bring a sense of theatre, playfulness and innovation to the design of spaces, … Read more

SOM

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Skidmore Owings Merril som.com Key People: Mustafa Kemal Abadan Architects with SOM background; Jo Palma Firas Hnoosh Rasna Grewal Teoman Necdet Ayas Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined … Read more

Morphosis

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morphosis.com Industry Architectural firmFounded 1972; 48 years agoFounders Michael Brickler, Thom Mayne, Livio Santini, James StaffordHeadquarters Los Angeles, CaliforniaNew York CityNumber of employees Morphosis Architects is an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice based in Los Angeles and New York City. History[edit] The firm was informally founded in 1972 by Michael Brickler, Thom Mayne, Livio Santini and James … Read more

Eisenman Architects

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founded by Peter Eisenman DESIGN: City of Culture, Galicia, Spain Falk House (House II Eisenman), Hardwick, Vermont, 1969 House VI (Frank residence), Cornwall, Connecticut, Design: 1972. Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1989 Nunotani building, Edogawa Tokyo Japan, 1991 [2] Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1993 [3] Aronoff Center for Design and Art, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996 City of Culture … Read more

Foster+Partners

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Foster + Partners is a British international studio for architecture and integrated design, with headquarters in London. The practice is led by its founder and Chairman, Norman Foster, and has constructed many high-profile glass-and-steel buildings. History[edit] Foster + Partners London office Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, … Read more

OMA

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oma.com Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam that was founded in 1975 by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Greek architect Elia Zenghelis, along with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis. Projects: Founded: Active Design Offices: Past Design Offices: Active Site Offices: Past Site Offices: Partners: Previous Partners: Past: Built / … Read more

Tabanlıoglu Architects

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founded by Hayati Tabanlıoglu Partners Past Founded in 1990, Tabanlıoğlu Architects is an internationally acclaimed architectural practice based in Istanbul. Building on a legacy rooted in modern architectural heritage, the firm develops thoughtful, contemporary design solutions that respond to context, culture, and climate. Its services span architecture, interior and landscape design, and urban planning across … Read more

Mann Office

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https://mannoffice.eu/ co-founded by Stephan Petermann and Marieke van den Heuvel With a background in architecture, design, and research MANN is an experienced hands-on concept and content developer able to transforms ideas into engaging designs and innovative strategies.MANN’s cross-discplinary background provides with expertise in and beyond the built environment including in the food and agriculture sector, … Read more

Buro Koray Duman

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b-kd.com founded by Koray Duman B-KD (Büro Koray Duman) is a research-driven architecture and design studio based in New York City and Istanbul. We believe that architecture should be functional and unexpected; engaging and poetic; and experimental and affordable. Combining innovative design solutions with socially conscious ideals, we aim to redefine the relationship between contemporary architecture … Read more

Future Systems

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Future Systems From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Future Systems Selfridge Exterior2.jpg Exterior detail of the Selfridges Building, Birmingham Practice information Key architects Jan Kaplický David Nixon Amanda Levete Founded 1979 Location London, England United Kingdom Significant works and honors Buildings Lord’s Media Centre; Selfridges; Bull Ring; Malator; Ferrari Museum, Modena … Read more

Herzog & de Meuron

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founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in 1978 http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/.. Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.,[1] or Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH (HdM),[citation needed] is a Swiss architecture firm with its head office in Basel, Switzerland.[1] The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog (born 19 April 1950) and Pierre de Meuron … Read more

Barend Koolhaas

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barendkoolhaas.com founded by Barend Koolhaas The goal of Barend Koolhaas’ office is to engage people, companies and schools in experimental design. Barend Koolhaas (1975, the Netherlands) holds a MSc. in Architecture from Delft University of Technology. Prior to starting his own practise in 2011 Barend was employed by OMA where he was project leader on … Read more

ARUP

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Leaders: Atila Zekioglu, Global Seismic Skills Leader Chris Carroll, Director at ARUP London Past Directors: Cecil Balmond (1968 – 2010) Associates: Huseyin Darama, Los Angeles Aris Kozmidis, Los Angeles Aysegul Göğüş, Los Angeles Trevor Mino, Los Angeles Past Associates: Senem Gulal (Istanbul, Berlin, Copenhagen) (2008-2020)

Nieto Sobejano

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https://www.nietosobejano.com/ Enrique Sobejano has worked as an architect since graduating from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University in New York in 1983. He is a professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), where he holds the chair of Principles of Design. He has been … Read more

Höweler+Yoon

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Höweler+Yoon is an architecture and design firm based in Boston, MA and Munich, Germany. It was founded in 2004 by Eric Höweler and Meejin Yoon.[1] howeleryoon.com Yoon and Höweler first met while studying Architecture at Cornell University in 1990. They married[2] in 2002 and founded Höweler+Yoon Architecture in 2004. In 2003, the firm was commissioned … Read more

Mass Studies

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Mass Studies was founded in 2003 by Minsuk Cho in Seoul, Korea, as a critical investigation of architecture in the context of mass production, intensely over-populated urban conditions, and other emergent cultural niches that define contemporary society. massstudies.com Amid the many frictions defining spatial conditions in the twenty-first century, namely past vs. future, local vs. … Read more

Haus-Rucker-Co

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AboutHaus-Rucker-Co were a Viennese group founded in 1967 by Laurids Ortner, Günther Zamp Kelp and Klaus Pinter, later joined by Manfred Ortner. Their work explored the performative potential of architecture through installations and happenings using pneumatic structures or prosthetic devices that altered perceptions of space. InfluencesSuch concerns fit with the utopian architectural experiments of the … Read more

Schmidt Hammer Lassen

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shl.dk Working out of studios located in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Shanghai, we provide skilled architectural services all over the world, with a distinguished track record as designers of international high-profile architecture. We are deeply committed to the Nordic architectural traditions based on democracy, welfare, aesthetics, light, sustainability and social responsibility. In 2018, Schmidt Hammer Lassen … Read more

Archizoom

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Andrea Branzi, Massimo Morozzi, Gilberto Corretti In the Florence of the 1960s, a group of students had just finished architecture school but were frustrated at the lack of work and the general stagnation of the architecture profession. These students coalesced into groups of design vigilantes known as the “Italian radicals.” Among these groups were UFO, … Read more

KGDVS

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https://officekgdvs.com/ OFFICE is an architectural practice founded by Kersten Geers (1975) and David Van Severen (1978). Since its establishment in 2002 in Brussels, OFFICE has been committed to the idea of architecture as a cultural undertaking aimed at improving the human environment. To that end, we see the increasingly pressing topics of sustainability, responsible sourcing, … Read more

Gehry Partners

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Frank Gehry & Associates founded by Frank Owen Gehry Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California in 1962. The Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP, was formed in 2001. Gehry Partners employs a large number of senior architects who have extensive experience in the technical development of building systems and construction documents, and who … Read more

MeMA

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https://www.memalondon.co.uk/ founded by Mert Eyiler Studio is [something] about administrative and commercial needs that we try to establish without fully knowing where it starts or where it ends…I think MeMA existence I decided to be part but also stand against the system, between concrete (real) and abstract (virtual reality) discussions. Is architecture an occupation? (I find … Read more

:mlzd

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mlzd.ch :mlzd was founded in Biel in 1997 and stands for a versatile collective of architects that can now look back on over 35 first prizes in competitions and over 70 built projects. The first important works include the redesign of the presidential room of the UN General Assembly in New York, as well as … Read more

DBArchitects

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practice co-founded by Bunyamin Derman and Dilek Topuz Dermandbarchitects.com.tr Established in 1995 by Dilek Topuz Derman and Bünyamin Derman, DB Mimarlık ve Danışmanlık Limited Şirketi is an institution that has adopted the principle of approaching every design challenge—regardless of its subject or scale—with the same level of sensitivity.

Gigon Guyer

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gigon-guyer.ch Education and academic careers Annette Gigon was born on May 24, 1959 in Herisau, Switzerland.[1] She graduated in architecture in 1984 from ETH Zurich. She worked in the offices of Marbach and Rüegg 1984–1986 and Herzog & de Meuron 1986–1988, and also in her own practice from 1987. Mike Guyer was born on July … Read more

West 8

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west8.com West 8 is an urban planning and landscape architecture firm founded by Adriaan Geuze and Paul van Beek in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1987. It is known for its contemporary designs and innovative solutions to urban planning problems[1] using lighting, metal structures, and color. Van Beek is no longer part of the firm. Geuze founded … Read more

Hodgetts+Fung

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Hodgetts + Fung, also known as HplusF, is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Culver City, California specializing in architectural design, advanced material fabrication, historical restorations, and exhibition design and is led by principals Craig Hodgetts and Hsinming Fung. BiographyIn 1980, Ming Fung and Craig Hodgetts were part of a loose affiliation of Los Angeles … Read more

Reiser + Umemoto

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Reiser + Umemoto (also known as RUR Architecture DPC) is an architecture firm based in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto. The firm has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chrysler Design Award and the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and … Read more

Ingenhoven

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ingenhovenarchitects.com Düsseldorf, Germany Martin Reuter, Dipl.-Ing. ArchitektMarco Ossmann, Dipl.-Ing. ArchitektMichael Rathgeb, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Ingenhoven Architects is an architectural firm based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1985, the office became notable for its ecologically oriented designs for high-rise buildings. Until 2003 the company was named Ingenhoven Overdiek and Partner. DesignIngenhoven Architects designed the RWE Tower in … Read more

Moreau Kusunoki

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The team of Paris-based architects Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki was just picked as the winners of this highly popular competition. Photo by Bruno Levy & Julien Weill, courtesy Moreau Kusunoki Architectes. Before yesterday’s announcement that Moreau Kusunoki Architectes had won the highly contentious and big-budget Guggenheim Helsinki competition, the firm wasn’t much used to … Read more

Diener&Diener

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dienerdiener.ch Diener & Diener is an architectural firm established in Basel, Switzerland in 1942. The second generation of Diener & Diener has been active since 1980. The Basel office, along with its subsidiary in Berlin, has been headed by Roger Diener, since 2011, together with Terese Erngaard, Andreas Rüedi, and Michael Roth. HistoryRoger Diener studied … Read more