SA
United States / 1964
Safdie Architects
Housing, culture and mixed-use projects with a public dimension.
Mixed-useCultureHousing
In the index Jewel Changi Airport
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FO
United Kingdom / 1967
Foster + Partners
An integrated studio for architecture, engineering and urbanism.
ArchitectureEngineeringUrban design
RE
Italy / 1981
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
A workshop approach to light, structure and public buildings.
MuseumsCulturalMixed-use
In the index The Shard
DI
United States / 1981
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Architecture shaped by performance, art and the life of institutions.
CulturalPublic spacePerformance
In the index The Broad
ST
United States
Studio Gang
Buildings that connect structural form with shared everyday spaces.
CulturalResidentialPublic space
In the index Aqua Tower
ST
United States / 1977
Steven Holl Architects
Light and spatial experience guide buildings across several scales.
MuseumsEducationMixed-use
In the index Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
DA
United Kingdom / 1985
David Chipperfield Architects
Cultural buildings and careful transformations of existing fabric.
MuseumsHeritageCivic
In the index Neues Museum Restoration
AD
United Kingdom / 2000
Adjaye Associates
Civic and cultural architecture informed by place and memory.
CulturalCivicEducation
SK
United States / 1936
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Architecture and structural engineering developed together.
High-riseUrban designEngineering
In the index One World Trade Center
KO
United States / 1976
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
Urban towers and complex mixed-use developments.
High-riseMixed-useUrban design
ME
Netherlands / 1984
Mecanoo
Architecture, interiors and landscape organised around people.
LibrariesCulturalLandscape
In the index Library of Birmingham
HE
Denmark / 1959
Henning Larsen
Public buildings shaped by daylight and landscape.
CulturalCivicLandscape
In the index Moesgaard Museum
XN
Denmark
3XN
Architecture that uses movement to bring people together.
CulturalWorkplacePublic space
In the index The Blue Planet, National Aquarium Denmark
WI
United Kingdom / 1983
WilkinsonEyre
Architecture with a close relationship to engineering.
InfrastructureHigh-riseAdaptive reuse
In the index Gateshead Millennium Bridge
OD
Ireland / 1988
O’Donnell + Tuomey
Public institutions fitted closely to their urban and landscape settings.
CulturalEducationCivic
TA
Japan
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Concrete, daylight and carefully staged routes through buildings.
MuseumsReligious buildingsHousing
SH
Japan / 1985
Shigeru Ban Architects
Material experiments spanning museums, workplaces and disaster response.
Cultural buildingsTimber structuresHumanitarian design
In the index Centre Pompidou-Metz
TO
Japan
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Structures that loosen the boundary between rooms and their surroundings.
LibrariesCultureStructural experimentation
In the index Sendai Mediatheque
SO
Japan
Sou Fujimoto Architects
Architecture built around gradients of enclosure and openness.
HousingCulturePublic space
AT
Japan
Atelier Bow-Wow
Close observation of everyday life translated into compact architecture.
HousingUrban researchPublic space
NE
China
Neri&Hu
Architecture and interiors shaped by material memory and everyday rituals.
Adaptive reuseHospitalityInteriors
WO
Singapore
WOHA
Tropical buildings that combine greenery, shared space and density.
Tropical architectureHousingMixed-use
In the index PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering
SC
Singapore
SCDA Architects
Architecture, interiors and landscape conceived together.
HospitalityHousingLandscape
KE
Singapore / 1979
Kerry Hill Architects
Hospitality and civic architecture grounded in place and climate.
HospitalityCultureInteriors
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