The study was born in Catania in 2010 and deals with architecture. Founded by Sebastiano Amore and Angela Campione, both sensitive to architecture and its many expressions, the study combines architectural theory, research and experimentation. Numerous study participation in international design contests followed by awards and achievements. In 2012 the study was a finalist in Young Italian Architects, selection of the best 10 Italian studies under 35, and 30-40 in the collection selected among the 30 most interesting Sicilian studies. In 2013, the study ranks third in the NIB Award, selection of the 10 most promising architectural firms under 36 operating in Europe and in 2015 was reported to the Dials prize of architecture in the work category and won the first prize Bellini.
the collaboration between wolfgang mühlbacher and andreas dworschak led to the founding of a joint architecture studio based in linz/austria in 2000. since then, they have worked on numerous projects under name of the architecture firm –archinauten – ranging in scale from urban planning strategies to interior design. the palette of projects reaches from single-family homes to commercial and business objects all the way to public buildings such as cultural / sport centers and schools. many of the archinauten's building commissions are the result of winning architectural competitions. they see their work as architects as being holistic – from the preliminary draft to the finished object. in between creativity, vision and realistically meeting needs, they are conscious of their social responsibility, in this sense, the archinauten regard their work as social and cultural service at a very high level of artistic, functional and technological quality. the architectural quality and sustainability are measured primarily by how openly and differently the work can be interpreted for the most diverse forms of living.
ARCò has been founded by a group of young engineers and architects that understand Architecture as the “resolution of contingent problems through an aesthetic interpretation – and so, sensitive – of reality”.Such an approach has led ARCò to find and to contribute with its own skills, the world of International Cooperation in order to face and to solve architectural problems in emergency situations.Sustainability is approached in a social sense by seeking different techniques suitable to the specific sites of action, enabling self-construction processes, in an economic sense through the choice of the building techniques, using recycled and/or recyclable materials, in the environmental sense through the use of renewable energy sources and passive bioclimatic architecture principles.A fundamental goal for every project is the transmission of knowledge and skills through a process of capacity building of techniques and principles which have always been present in the local historical context.
Atelier AA is a place of new territories related to architecture investigation. Founded in 2015 by Elena Arcidiacono and Cecilia Alemagna, belonging to a generation of architects that has formed between the mid 90s and early 2000. They come from experience where they learn to design listening to and respecting the landscape, territories and lepersone that inhabit them, taking advantage of international studies bags consolidating knowledge through study experiences in different European countries. They come across a more or less conscious in new practices related to architecture, such as the soundscape and urban regeneration. Areas of research and experimentation that have as their main place of study the direct action on the road, attention to the specific characteristics of each place and the activities that take place in them. They believe that the way to improve our city, the environment, converges with the road that leads to the improvement of the quality of relations between different social groups on a global and local scale.
AutonomeForme, founded by architects Marco Scarpinato and Lucia Pierro, aims to define new urban strategies with a participatory approach, ecological and sustainable based on the relationship between architecture and landscape, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The team involved in small and large scale projects with landscape and urban design on the waterfront, abandoned areas and new urban centers. AutonomeForme has received several prizes and awards in international design competitions including, in 2013, the Gold Medal dell'Holcim Prize for the redevelopment of Joniche Saline that fits into "Resilient Landscapes", a project dedicated to sustainability and reuse of ZTA / ZoneTemporaneamenteAbbandonate, the team develops since 2000 with projects to Naples, Catania, Messina and Palermo. In 2016 he received the prestigious Green Good Design. In parallel to the professional activity, the team develops the research project "Sightings | Contemporary Creativity" and the care of business journalism through Plurima.
Beyond Architecture Group is a design studio founded in 2009 by Paolo Robazza. Based in Rome, it is active in the field of sustainable architecture even in emergency contexts. Using local and natural materials, ABG tests innovative technologies, incorporates traditional techniques and develop design solutions that enable high energy savings and living being. Within their yards, BAG organizes international workshops through which you can participate directly in the construction work. The yard is transformed so that private space in time of sharing, research, learning and open architecture test.
Based in Milan, Stefano Boeri Architetti (Stefano Boeri, Michele Brunello) is committed to the research and practice of contemporary architecture and urbanism nationally and internationally. Stefano Boeri Architetti is currently curating Skolkovo city of innovation in Moscow, together with Jean Pistre, Speech, David Chipperfield, Mohen Mostafi, Kazuyo Sejima, OMA, Herzog&De Meuron and in particular it is developing the detailed masterplan of D4 district with the Moscow-based studio Project Meganom. The studio has participated in the developing of the guideline of the concept-masterplan of Milan Expo 2015 together with Richard Burdett, Jacques Herzog and William MacDonough. Recently completed projects include the recovery of the Ex Arsenale in La Maddalena Sardinia for the G8 Summit, and the new RCS (building A2) – Corriere della Sera Headquarters. In Italy signed also the interior design for the new Italian private train transport company, NTV and in occasion of the 150 years of Italy’s unification it curated the exhibition design of Meetdesign in Mercati Traiani in Rome and Palazzo Bertalazone in Turin. Projects currently under way include the design for new prototypes for social and sustainable housing; which use the wood-cycle in Lombardia, and projects for Internazionale Milano football club and San Siro stadium. Stefano Boeri Architetti received international prizes and recognitions.
Möhn + Bouman Architects is an international architectural firm situated in Rotterdam, with over 15 successful years producing bespoke, high quality architecture in a range of scale and function. Their projects include new builds and renovations in a variety of sectors including private houses, residential developments, low-cost housing, student accommodation, commercial properties, healthcare centres and landscape and urban design. The firm adopts a unique design approach for each individual project ensuring the end product meets the client's needs and sits comfortably within its environment.
Degree in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, since 1972 collaborates in the field of industrial design, with various companies, including: Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B & B Italy, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Malobbia, Maxalto, Sanitec Group, Technogym, Three More and Vitra. Maxalto, a brand of B & B Italy, is entirely designed and coordinated by Antonio Citterio. Lectures and conferences. He has won awards including the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1994. Some of his works are part of the permanent exhibition of the MoMA and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. In 1999 he founded with Patricia Viel the company "Antonio Citterio and Partners". The studio operates internationally by developing complex design programs, at every scale and in synergy with a qualified network of specialist advice. In September 2009, the architectural firm changed its name to "Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners".
Ellenia + 3 architetturaingegneria was born in 2007 but the joint activity of the components of the study is ongoing since 2000. The firm is paid to work on historic monuments and buildings of public interest such as universities, museums, hospitals, places of worship, public spaces in collective activities, archaeological sites and urban redevelopment. Feature of many projects is the multidisciplinary approach to interventions on sites with complex issues. In 2013 he won the International Prize for Architecture Living in the Mediterranean with the conversion project of the Church of Saints George and Dionysius in Catania.
The study ILS architect, founded in 2010 by Ivana Laura Sorge, combines the experience construction and architectural design, the passion for interior and exterior design. Sober style, the use of traditional materials combined with new materials, comfort and versatility ', characterize the architecture and design and each project is a story, an inspiration always different. The architecture is designed from the relationship with the environment, with natural light and energy sustainability. Participates in shows and competitions diArchitettura Collective Design and bases its foundations on research and experimentation. Among the awards won the last is the AWARD TAOAWARD DESIGN TALENT 2015, as part of the final Gala TaoModa, at the Teatro Antico in Taormina. First prize in the design among international awards for fashion, culture, science, cinema, television, show.
Juri Troy’s office is a multidisciplinary studio, founded in Vienna in 2003 and located also in Bregenz, in the
Vorarlberg region. The close contact to craftsmen and to the regional art of timber construction of Voralberg have been two
essential factors for the definition of the fundamentals of research.
The holistic and sustainable approach to architecture leads us to use natural and local materials, to resort to
traditional construction techniques deeply-rooted in the places.
The daily practice of the architecture has brought to excellent results like the realization of the first carbon
neutral house of Austria, the “Michael Grzimek School” in Frankfurt, that won the Greenbuilding Award, and
other visionary timber-project with highest energy standard.
KAAN Architecten is a Rotterdam based architectural firm, operating in a global context and merging practical and academic expertise within the fields of architecture, urbanism and research on the built environment.
The studio, led by Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, Dikkie Scipio consists of an international team of architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers and graphic designers.
KAAN Architecten believes in cross-pollination between projects and disciplines as an essential tool to foster a critical debate within the studio. Since the launch of the firm, KAAN Architecten handles and supervises a wide range of projects, actively working within the private and the public sector, with project teams that become increasingly multidisciplinary and dynamic. KAAN Architecten maintains a culture of evolution, which is essential in a profession that changes at a rapid pace. KAAN Architecten seeks to uphold long-term relationships with its clients, consultants and partners.
KAAN Architecten’s projects transcend the traditional notion of scale and typology, ranging from furniture and interiors to urban development and from retail and offices to museums and buildings for health and education.
Kengo Kuma was born in Yokohama, and attended Eiko Gakuen junior and senior high schools. After graduating in Architecture from the University of Tokyo in 1979, he worked for a time at Nihon Sekkei and Toda Corporation. He then moved to New York in the USA for further studies at Columbia University as a visiting researcher from 1985 to 1986. he founded the "Spatial Design Study" (now "Kengo Kuma & Associates "). In 1987, he founded the "Spatial Design Studio", and in 1990, he established his own office "Kengo Kuma & Associates". Today he is a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. It is generally considered one of the greatest exponents of contextual architecture. His projects have faced many areas, from design of small items to the halls for temporary installations, from buildings to urban planning. Thanks to his deep understanding of Japanese culture and tradition, he has marked a turning point in the international architectural discourse. "As regards my architecture I do not need to make a unique work. I work, rather, thinking that it might disappear; even if I cannot completely erase the architecture, I think an attitude that respects the softness, the man, the environment and nature, has however different outcomes. "
Born in Tokyo in the 1978, he graduated in 2002 in engineering at Nihon university . He obtained a Master of Engineer in Waseda University, and performs research doctorates and in 2007 became researcher in Nobuaki Furuya lab. Gets the post doctoral research in universities YITP at Kyoto University, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and RESCEU / University of Tokyo.
Today Ko Nakamura is architect, designer, researcher. chief Director of Mosaic Design. Doctor of Architecture. 1st class regitered architect in Japan. Today is professor of the University of Tokyo in the Kengo Kuma Lab. His experiences of interdisciplinary teachings are in Obirin University, International Christian University and Kitasato University about Fluid Mechanics , Astroparticle Physics, Theory of Relativity.
Studio Libeskind is involved in designing and realizing a diverse array of urban, cultural and commercial projects around the globe. Our Studio is a collaboration of architects and designers that believe architecture is a practice of optimism. We approach our projects with the attitude that to make great places, you must believe in the future, but also remember the past.Studio Libeskind’s architecture emerges from the idea that a building should be expressive and reflect contemporary life. Innovation is at the core of our design process. We believe that bold design must be realized with sustainable technology and we strongly believe that the art of architecture lies in creating a maximum impact within the constraints of budgets and functionality. We know from experience that great architecture comes from working with great clients; however, architecture is a public art and we hold ourselves accountable not only to the client, but to the communities, and cities in which we build.
LFSN office was born in 2009, putting the professional experiences acquired by its members to good use.
LFSN main field is architecture, but the office works also in product design and interior design for yachts
and public spaces. It deals with all the stages of design, from design concept to construction supervision,
through the management and control of the different steps of the project. A special attention is paid to the
use of light and materials, to their functional and chromatic matching. LFSN mission is guarantee “step-by-
step” support from the initial concept all the way through the final executive project and construction
management.
Between 2010 and 2016 group’s works were exposed at the Architecture house in Rome and in other
italian cities like: Bergamo, Ferrara, Cagliari, Catania, Ragusa, Selinunte and published on the volumes “YA-
Young Italian Architects”, “30<40” and on the e-book “Sicily beyond crisis”.
Michele Marchese was born in Catania in 1955, he studied at the Faculty of Architecture of Reggio Calabria and Palermo, graduating in 1980 having as a teacher Franco Pure and Ludovico Quaroni. In 1981 he opened his professional studio in Catania and in 1985 along with Orazio D'Agata, who died in 2003, give life to the study Associated Architects that has been extended in 1998 with a seat in Rome. In 2011 modified the professional structure integrating its activities' with that of Udine Ingegnerie Integrate with an Interior Designer Francesco Scialfa, giving rise to the MMA study. The study, which operates both in Italy and abroad, mainly engaged in the design, construction of public and private buildings, commercial spaces, in various disciplines, the residential interior design, housing and industrial design, as well as art direction and advice communication and marketing.
Pilar Diez Rodriguez
Architect-planner, carries on business as a researcher on issues of architectural restoration and traditional building systems with clay applied to contemporary architecture. In 2016 she won along with Izaskun Villena Marcos IX Premios de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Castilla y Leon in the category Otros campos de actividad de los arquitectos. She has been Director of the Unidad de Promocion yDesarrollo of the province of Palencia and is attualmentepresidente the Order of Architects of Leon (COAL) section dim Palencia. He founded the SMART-LOCAL TIERRA Platform and the Sustainable Construction Laboratories.
The professional experience of Engineers Enrico Finocchiaro and Riccarda Iacono, started together in 2003, leading in 2012 to found the studio tat. The engineering and urban training enabled the integration of architecture and technological experimentation with design and sensitive research experiences to the sustainable design issues and shared, convinced that the involvement of local populations can lead to the definition of quality architectural projects, urban planning and environmental and reasoning on issues such as extensive quality architecture to so-called areas of "margin", looking for "cross" visions within contemporary cities.
x architekten is a group of dedicated architects who develop conceptual positions on contemporary architecture through project-related work. As a mathematical variable, the x represents openness. The x demands majority: The team with a flat hierarchy replaces the professional profile of the architect as a lone fighter. The dynamics of a permanent work process, oscillating between creativity and (self-) criticism, creates architectural quality above the capacities of each single member.
The simultaneity of practical work and teaching or research – Technical Universities of Graz, Vienna and Innsbruck and Master Class Architecture of the Art University Linz - intensifying the work of x architekten. The activities of x architekten includes housing, office buildings, buildings for industrial, commercial, shopping and entertainment, design and urban planning.
