SM
Canada
Smith Vigeant Architectes
Smith Vigeant Architectes: an architectural practice based in Montreal, Canada. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
GAD / GLOBAL 1000
Global 1000 Architecture Practices
A source-backed editorial selection: architecture practices, public business contacts and representative works.
1000complete selected profiles
66countries & regions
1000collection target
The 1000-profile edition is available. Contact routes and project sources are dated; availability can change. Numbers are coverage, not worldwide quality ranks.
1000 selected practicesHow we select
SN
Norway / 1989
Snøhetta
Architecture and landscape shaped as a shared public experience.
CultureLandscapePublic space
In the index Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
SO
Spain
Sol89. María González - Juanjo López de La Cruz
Sol89. María González - Juanjo López de La Cruz: an architectural practice based in Sevilla, Spain. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SO
New Zealand
Solari Architects Ltd
Solari Architects Ltd is listed in the NZIA practice directory, with an office address in Wellington, New Zealand.
Architecture
SO
Thailand
Sook Architects
Sook Architects: an architectural practice based in Bangkok, Thailand. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SO
Mexico
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos: an architectural practice based in Mexico City, Mexico. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SO
Japan
Sou Fujimoto Architects
Architecture built around gradients of enclosure and openness.
HousingCulturePublic space
SO
New Zealand
South Architects Ltd
South Architects Ltd is listed in the NZIA practice directory, with an office address in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Architecture
SP
New Zealand
Space Division
Space Division is listed in the NZIA practice directory, with an office address in Auckland, New Zealand.
Architecture
SP
United States
Space4Architecture
Space4Architecture: an architectural practice based in New York, United States. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SP
Portugal
spaceworkers®
spaceworkers®: an architectural practice based in Paredes, Portugal. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SP
Brazil
Spadoni AA
Spadoni AA: an architectural practice based in São Paulo, Brazil. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SP
Hong Kong
spatial practice
spatial practice: an architectural practice based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SP
Russia
SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov: an architectural practice based in Moscow, Russian Federation. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SR
France
SRA Architectes
SRA Architectes: an architectural practice based in CHATILLON, France. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SS
South Korea
SsD
SsD: an architectural practice based in Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
SS
Germany
SSP AG
SSP AG: an architectural practice based in Bochum, Germany. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
ST
Italy
Stefano Boeri Architetti
Stefano Boeri Architetti: an architectural practice based in Milano, Italy. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
ST
Chile
Stefano Rolla
Stefano Rolla: an architectural practice based in Santiago, Chile. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
ST
Germany
Steimle Architekten
Steimle Architekten: an architectural practice based in Stuttgart, Germany. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
ST
Austria
Steiner Architecture f/f
Steiner Architecture f/f: an architectural practice based in Vienna, Austria. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
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
ST
Switzerland
Stocker Lee Architetti
Stocker Lee Architetti: an architectural practice based in Rancate, Switzerland. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
ST
Spain
Studio Animal
Studio Animal: an architectural practice based in Barcelona, Spain. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Architecture
Selection, not a universal league table
We combine established international practices with regional and specialist contributors. Each record must identify the practice, show attributed architecture, provide a public business contact and explain its documentary basis. Award winners, finalists and nominees retain their exact programme, category and year; nomination is not winning.
A curated architecture publication can evidence a practice’s project contribution; it does not prove that the practice is better than every firm outside this collection. Institution membership, headcount and profile count alone are not design-quality scores. The page order is alphabetical, and this selection is separate from WA100 and GAD’s scored ranking studies.
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