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Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat
Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat is an architectural firm form Poland. They recently won the "Museum of the Second World War" Competition. The Museum will be in Gdansk, the city where the war broke out.
Continue reading...Populous
18. October 2010
Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centers, as well as planning of major special events.
Continue reading...Morphosis
16. September 2009
Founded in 1972, Morphosis is an interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm today consists of a group of more than 50 professionals, who remain committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise. With [...]
Continue reading...Herzog & de Meuron
16. September 2009
Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH (HdeM) is a Swiss architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland in 1978. The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog (born 19 April 1950), and Pierre de Meuron (born 8 May 1950), closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) [...]
Continue reading...OMA
16. September 2009
OMA was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas, Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp as a collaborative office practicing architecture and urbanism. The office gained renown through a series of groundbreaking entries in major competitions: Parc de la Villette, Paris, France (1982), ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (1989), Tres Grande Bibliotheque and Two Libraries for Jussieu [...]
Continue reading...Foster and Partners
16. September 2009
Foster + Partners is a leading architectural firm based in the United Kingdom. The practice is led by its founder and Chairman, Norman Foster, and has constructed many high-profile glass-and-steel buildings. In particular, they are known for their design of airports. Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, [...]
Continue reading...Zaha Hadid
16. September 2009
Zaha Hadid, CBE (born 31 October 1950) is a notable British Iraqi deconstructivist architect. Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. After graduating she worked with her former [...]
Continue reading...Toyo Ito
16. September 2009
Toyo Ito (1941-) is a Japanese architect known for creating extremely conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual "worlds". He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city. considered "one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects." Ito was born in [...]
Continue reading...Thom Mayne
16. September 2009
Thom Mayne (b. January 19, 1942 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a widely recognized Los Angeles based architect. Educated at University of Southern California (1969) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1978, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) in 1972. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-ARC, [...]
Continue reading...Tadao Ando
16. September 2009
Tadao Ando (born September 13, 1941, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field. He works [...]
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18. October 2010
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