Professor at the Moscow Architectural Institute, laureate of international competitions, master of architecture, member of the union of architects, and Honorable architect of Russia, Sergey Romanov is one of the most important architects in Moscow. He is the leader of the studio №1 GUP MNIIP “Mosprojekt -4”, specialized in multi-story dwelling and public buildings. It is a global project studio with the function of developing design documentation at all blueprint stages. It also works as an architectural supervision for building complexes.

The studio is also involved in designing commercial and entertainment projects, administrative, office buildings, sport and cultural centers.

→ http://www.pbromanov.ru/

Rudy Ricciotti was born in Algiers in 1952. He received the National Grand Prize in Architecture in 2006 and has been made an 'Officier des Arts et des Lettres', a 'Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur' and an 'Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite', three orders established by the French Republic.

→ http://www.rudyricciotti.com/

JKMM is Helsinki based architecture office. Founded in 1998 by four partners, Asmo Jaaksi, Teemu Kurkela, Samuli Miettinen and Juha Mäki-Jyllilä, the office now employes 60 people.

Over the years, JKMM has won 86 prizes including 40 first prizes, making JKMM one of the most succesful architecture offices in Finland.

JKMM Architects offers a complete service in all areas and at all scales from architecture to interiors and furniture design.

→ http://www.jkmm.fi/

Wolf D. Prix, born in 1942 in Vienna, is co-founder, Design Principal and CEO of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association of London as well as at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles.

→ http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/

Poponcini & Lootens are an architectural team aspiring to carve out a distinct profile for themselves as conceptual designers for a wide range of programmes, with the appropriate sense
of reality to seek out and find concrete solutions in due consideration of the specifications and wishes of the principal, the budget available and the constructional requirements put forward.

The agency’s assignments are particularly wideranging in nature: housing, education, commercial premises, offices, town and country planning studies, etc., including both new-build as well as renovation projects for private and community buildings alike. Image Mauro POPONCINI

→ http://www.polo-architects.be

Labics was founded in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori in Rome, Italy.

The office works internationally at all scales in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A highly collaborative, research-based design method involves clients, stakeholders and various consultants from a wide range of fields from early on in the creative process. The approach towards architecture is very rigorous and based on a dense intertwinining between research, practice and teaching since the very beginning of the each process.

The work of Labics is exhibited and published worldwide and has received numerous national and international awards. Image Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori

→ http://www.labics.it

Principal Architect and Founder of Guz Architects – Annesley Charles Wilkinson, known to everyone as ‘Guz’, set up the practice of Guz Architects Pte Ltd in 1995. Guz Wilkinson, was born in the UK in 1961 and studied at the University of Manchester School of Architecture. He has travelled widely in Europe, Africa and Asia and is a keen sailor. He loves nature and is a keen gardener.
Guz Architects seeks to produce refreshing architecture that is tranquil, inspired by nature, yet human in scale.
Our projects both derive inspiration from, and relate closely to nature. Structure, materials and technology are used to express as seamless a transition as possible between inside and outside. The resulting designs are both responsive and responsible to the site and its occupants, with consideration being given to the integration and preservation of the surrounding natural environment.
The practice makes extensive use of sustainable design technologies, and both passive and active design principles inform all design decisions with the intent to create long lasting, timeless architecture.

→ http://guzarchitects.com/

SBA ist ein international tätiges Architektur- und Stadtplanungsbüro mit Sitz in Stuttgart und Repräsentanzen in Shanghai und Peking. Sie übernehmen anspruchsvolle Projekte in den Bereichen Architektur, Stadtplanung sowie Stadtgestaltung und unterstützen Kunden sehr gerne mit ihrem umfassenden Know-how.

Image Cathrin Krumrey

→ http://www.sba-int.com

Grafton Architects was established in 1978. Directors Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara are both graduates of UCD, are Fellows of the RIAI, are International Honorary Fellows of the RIBA and are elected members of Aosdána, the eminent Irish Art organisation. Teachers at the School of Architecture at University College Dublin from 1976 to 2002, they have been visiting professors at Accademia d’Archittettura, Mendrisio, EPFL, Lausanne, held the Kenzo Tange chair at GSD Harvard and the Louis Kahn chair at Yale University. They have been external examiners at numerous universities including Cambridge University and The London Metropolitan School of Architecture. As well as public lectures in Dublin and abroad, including the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and the Royal Academy in London, they have lectured widely in European and American Schools of Architecture. Image Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara

→ http://www.graftonarchitects.ie

We are an international atelier firm that was founded in New York City in 2005. The firm, in its 10th year, is now based in Beijing and Seoul. Chiasmus is known for its creative design approach and has been involved in a number of significant cultural, educational and residential projects. Noteworthy are the completed Red Diamond Theater and Shijitan Contemporary Art Center in Beijing, Kyunghee University New Campus Space21, and the IFEZ Arts Center in Incheon.

→ http://ar-chiasmus.com/

Ercan Çoban Mimarlık - Ercan Çoban Architects is an Ankara - Turkey based well-known architectural office established in 1973 by Ercan Çoban. The practice is led by two senior partners - Ercan Çoban and Ekin Ç. Turhan -who joined the practice MİMARLIK MÜŞAVİRLİK. LTD. ŞTİ.

→ http://www.ercancobanmimarlik.com/

Founded in 1976, Emilio Ambasz & Associates, Inc. offers a full range of design services, including building design consulting, lighting, landscape, exhibition, graphic and product design. Since its inception, the firm has created memorable images for a distinctive roster of international clients. Their belief in and identification with quality find representative expression in form, performance, added value and strong symbolic content.

→ http://emilioambaszandassociates.com/