Architecture Firm Links


The world of architecture is growing every day and we are fortunate that we live in the information age. Works from all around the world are easily accessible to us. The problem becomes that it is becoming more and more difficult to find the diamonds that are hidden by the infinite sea of crap that is the internet. It is my hope that this becomes a master list of architecture firms that are producing notable architecture around the world. If you would like to add a link or believe that your firm should be added to this list, please fill out the form below, and who knows, we might even feature your firm on the front page.

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  • 0-9

    • 1×2 Studio
      1×2 Studio is a young architecture office led by Zoran Abadic. The simplicity of their compositions compounded with their sensitive treatment of the site is both refreshing and beautiful. Office located in Belgrade, Serbia.
    • 3deluxe A transdisciplinary design firm. What is that? It is a design firm that does interiors, exteriors, graphics and everything digital. My office does that! Well, these guys do it all and they do it well. Office located in Berlin, Germany. 3deluxe
      A transdisciplinary design firm. What is that? It is a design firm that does interiors, exteriors, graphics and everything digital. My office does that! Well, these guys do it all and they do it well. Office located in Berlin, Germany.

  • A

    • a-lab
      a-lab is a Norwegian firm that produces nothing less than beautiful architecture. Not to mention that they have a beautiful website, one of the first sites that feels like it belongs to an architecture firm. Office located in Osla.
    • Acconci Studio
      Vito Acconci artist turned architect showed promise of being one of the most exciting architecture design firms in New York City, but was unable to weather the recession. Office was located in Brooklyn, New York.
    • Adjaye Associates David Adjaye has made a name for himself creating minimal designs that use unique materials and techniques as the signature feature of his projects. Offices located in Berlin, London and New York City. Adjaye Associates
      David Adjaye has made a name for himself creating minimal designs that use unique materials and techniques as the signature feature of his projects. Offices located in Berlin, London and New York City.
    • Aidlin Darling Design
      Joshua Aidlin and David Darling are the leaders of the office whose work focuses on details and materiality. ADD has a very strong residential portfolio. Located in San Francisco, California.
    • Alfonso Architects
      Relatively unknown, Albert Alfonso has produced an impressive portfolio of modern edifices composed of clean lines and white forms. Offices located in Milan Italy and Tampa Florida.
    • Alsop Architects
      Will Alsop is the frontman and creative force of Alsop Architects. Unlike most architect’s websites this site is an extension of Alsop’s architecture and art. Office located in London, U.K.
    • Alterstudio
      Alterstudio is an office that is coming into their own. Firm founded by Kevin Austin and Ernesto Cragnolino is slowly making they mark in Texas. An impressive collection of residential projects, keep an eye on them as their practice is bound to expand int
    • Amanda Levete Architects
      Amanda Levete has evolved from the ashes of Future Systems to start her own equally exciting firm. We think she is the most underrated architect right now, but this will all change very very soon. Office located in London, U.K.
    • Andrew Berman Architect
      Andrew Berman leads a minimalist design firm in NYC, although their new projects are exciting, this firm really shines with their adaptive reuse projects. Office located in New York City.
    • Andrew Maynard Architects
      Andrew Maynard is one of the young leaders of the graphic architecture movement which is taking place all over the world. Image is of most importance and Maynard’s work is all about image.
    • Antoine Predock Architect
      Apparently Antoine Predock is the only architect that works in his office. Great architect, bad website. Office located in Albuquerque, Taipei and Los Angeles.
    • Arata Isozaki & Associates
      It amazes me that the work of Arata Isozaki is relatively unknown by most architects. Easily one of the most talented architects in modern history to come out of Japan. Office located in Japan.
    • Archigram Archival Project
      The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study. The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made possible by the members of Archigram and their heirs, who retain copyright of all images.
    • Architecture Research Office (ARO)
      ARO is one of the most exciting firms in NYC. ARO’s focus on process and detail oriented architecture overrides the importance of style that is seen in many young firms. Office located in New York City.
    • ARX
      ARX has an extensive portfolio of minimalist designs. Their Thyssenkrup competition entry is particularly interesting. Office located in Portugal.
    • Asymptote Architecture
      Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture are the visionaries that lead the creative direction of this always innovative and frequently shocking design firm. Check their site for amazingness! Office located in New York City.
    • Ayers Saint Gross
      Ayers Saint Gross is a leader in the field of college master planning. Their site contains an amazing database of college institution information, including figure-ground diagrams, student population, and demographic data all free in their Research and Re

  • B

    • Barkow Leibinger
      Another European firm with a great portfolio of minimalist work that focuses on the fundamentals of architecture, rather than sexy images and yah-yah. Office located in Berlin.
    • Bercy Chen Studio
      Bercy Chen Studio LP is an architecture & urban planning firm with design/build capabilities based in Austin, Texas founded in 2001 by partners Thomas Bercy and Calvin Chen, both graduates of the University of Texas at Austin. Their projects are both
    • Berger+Parkkinen
      A young office which shows a lot of promise, their projects are characteristically European. Office located in Vienna and Helsinki.
    • Bernard Tschumi Architects
      Bernard Tschumi manages to create architecture in places that it doesn’t seem to fit, while still respecting the context of the site. Office located in New York City and Paris.
    • Blank Studio Matthew Trzebiatowski established Blank Studio in 2001 and has received much acclaim for his Social Condenser house. Office located in Phoenix Arizona. Blank Studio
      Matthew Trzebiatowski established Blank Studio in 2001 and has received much acclaim for his Social Condenser house. Office located in Phoenix Arizona.
    • BOB 361 Architectes
      Somehow these guys have slipped under the radar. Similar to MVRDV and other young European firms that are surging towards prominance in architecture. Offices located in Brussel and Paris.
    • Boyd Cody Architects
      Minimalist designs that often contain a hint of Scarpa. It will be interesting to follow this firm as they mature. Office located in Dublin.
    • Bruce Mau Design
      Bruce Mau is a designer and not an architect, but he should be! Mau’s projects make architecture better, and if that isn’t enough to make you visit his site, he sports a beautiful website that is easy to use. Offices located in Toronto and Chicago.

  • C

    • Caruso St John
      Caruso St John is a unique practice that is high design, but not in your face like many firms today. Materiality, texture and pattern are the strengths of this firm. Thier architecture is often awkward, but that is what I love about them. Office located
    • Chartier Corbasson Architectes
      Thomas Corbasson and Karine Chartier lead a young firm in Paris, and are beginning to comoplete some sizable projects. This site is in French, but the images are beautiful and worth a visit. Office located in Paris, France.
    • Choi Ropiha
      Tai Ropiha & John Choi have emerged as leaders in the amazingly talented and young group of architects leading the Austrailian School of Architecture. Responsible for the highly successful TKTS project in New York City. Office located in Australia
    • Christ & Gantenbein Architects Christ & Gantenbein are the recent winners of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Extension “Burghof”, competition, their work focuses on materiality, but they have built little. Office located in Basel. Christ & Gantenbein Architects
      Christ & Gantenbein are the recent winners of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Extension “Burghof”, competition, their work focuses on materiality, but they have built little. Office located in Basel.
    • Christoff:Finio architecture
      Selected as one of Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard fellows in 2004. Christoff and Finio have a small portfolio of residential projects that make use of natural materials and clean lines. Office located in New York.
    • Claudio Silvestrin Architects
      Kanye West says if you don’t like the minimalist designs of Claudio Silvestrin Architects then you don’t like black people. Very original and entertaining flash website. Offices located in London and Milan.
    • Collins and Turner
      With a huge portfolio of built and unbuilt work, their office has plenty of examples of minimalist designs with clean lines and even cleaner details. Office located in Austrailia.
    • Contemporary Architecture Practice
      Ali Rahim and Hina Jamelle are capable of producing images that leave you staring for hours, but will they ever build it? We hope so! Office located in New York City.
    • Coop Himmelb(l)au
      No Coop is not a person, yes Wolf Prix is the mastermind behind this operation. Yes, we love Wolf because he builds awesomeness in Akron, Ohio, but more importantly he builds awesomeness everywhere. Office located in Vienna and Los Angeles.

  • D

    • David Chipperfield Architects
      David Chipperfield has an impressive portfolio of built minimalist projects that range in size from the super big to the minute. Offices located in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai.
    • Dean / Wolf Archtitects
      A promising young firm with a large body of residential projects. Their ubuilt commercial projects are very inspiring and it is only a matter of time before these guys make it big. Office located in New York City.
    • Deborah Berke & Partners Architects LLP
      Deborah Berke is a minimalist architect that has an impressive collection of built structures in her portfolio. Notable projects include 48 Bond, Yale School of Art & New Theater and the new Reedy Creek Fire Department located in Orlando Florida. Offi
    • Diller Scofidio + Renfro
      Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been setting the architectural world on fire with a series of iconic commisions like the ICA in Boston, the Blur Building, and now the High Line in New York City. Office located in New York City.
    • Douglas Cardinal Architect Inc.
      Douglas Cardinal has created in impressive body of organic architectural projects that have the same sculptural presence as some of Gehry’s projects. Unfortunately when your office is in Ottawa nobody knows your name.
    • Drawing Department
      Drawing Department is an emerging architecture firm passionate about design. Their work includes graphic design, furniture design, landscape projects and architecture across multiple scales, ranging from modest additions to large-scale urban infrastructur
    • Duda Paine Architects
      Duda Paine Archtiects is one of the best architecture design firms in North Carolina. Their buildings are as much about urban design as they are about architecture. Office located in Durham.
    • dxb.Lab Architecture dxb.Lab is lead by Khalid Alnajjar. Their portfolio of built work is limited to a collection of modern residences in Dubai and a series of interesting conceptual projects. Office located in Dubai UAE. dxb.Lab Architecture
      dxb.Lab is lead by Khalid Alnajjar. Their portfolio of built work is limited to a collection of modern residences in Dubai and a series of interesting conceptual projects. Office located in Dubai UAE.
    • Studio Daniel Libeskind
      The epitome of architectural fashion. Architectural fashion apparently sells, but how will the cities feel in twenty years that have been touched by Danny boy’s pen? Office located in Zürich Switzerland and New York City.

  • E

    • E/Ye Design
      Jefferson Ellinger and Nona Yehia are Columbia University graduates, but if you don’t believe me just look at their work. E/Ye Design have teamed up with NBBJ for in a pair of competitions. Office located in New York and Wyoming.
    • EASTERN Design Office
      They cast curvey things into concrete and wrap boxes with it, interesting, but not revolutionary. Office located in Japan
    • Eisenman Architects
      Peter Eisenman may be one of the most influential theorist turned architect of our time. His design concepts are carried out to the fullest extent possible regardless of function or form. Office located in New York City.
    • el dorado architects
      El dorado is one of those special firms that comes along every so often. They manage to select beautiful materials that are crafted together with details that are studied as if large formal gestures. One of my new favorite firms. Office located in Wichita
    • Emergent Architecture
      Tom Wiscombe has been creating beautiful images for years, but has managed to build little. His design imagery will leave you thinking what if? Office located in Los Angeles.
    • Eric Owen Moss Architects
      The work of EOM is characterized by its collage of contemporary angles, highlighted with an accent blob here and there. Office located in Los Angeles.
    • Erick van Egeraat Architects
      Erick van Egeraat has been producing great architecture for years now, but we are somewhat puzzled by the watermarks on every image of their website. Offices located in Rotterdam, London, Moscow, Budapest and Prague.
    • Evan Douglis Studio LLC
      One of the most exciting interior design firms right now. Very little on their website right now. Office located in New York City.

  • F

    • Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Architects
      Very young architecture firm that shows great promise. Office located in Punta Arenas, Chile.
    • Formwork Architecture
      Formwork Design LLC was established in 2000 and is run by its two principals, Cecilia Hernandez and Robert Nichols. The firm was created to provide comprehensive design services with insight from overlapping design disciplines. Office located in Charlottesville Virginia.
    • Foster + Partners
      Norman Foster has created a strong brand of architecture that everyone agrees is great. If you havn’t looked at a Sir Norman Foster building in awhile, you owe it to yourself to rediscover this master. Office located in London, U.K.
    • Future Systems
      Jan Kaplický 1937-2009, the founder of Future Systems created many playful and un-architecturally colorful designs that he somehow managed to get built.

  • G

    • Gage / Clemenceau Architects
      Their built work offers us only brief glimmers of the awesomeness that their unbuilt projects expresses. We just wish that they took theirselves a little less seriously. Office located in New York City.
    • Garofalo Architects Inc.
      Douglas Garofalo has managed to create a firm that balances the theoretical with the buildable. Garofalo’s early projects were completed while teamed up with Greg Lynn and Michael McInturf. Office located in Chicago, Illinois.
    • Gehry Partners, LLP
      Unless I am missing something, this site is only useful if you are looking for a job. Frank Gehry, America’s architect from Canada. Office located in Los Angeles.
    • Gigon Guyer Architekten
      Gigon Guyer has constructed a number of beautifully detailed, minimal buildngs which exploit materiality above image. Outstanding portfolio, a must visit for anyone not familiar with their work. Office located in Zurich.
    • Gnädinger Architekten
      With the completion of their Objekt Otto Bock Healthcare Ebertstr project in Berlin, Gnädinger will soon be on every young architect’s radar. Office located in Berlin.
    • Graft Lab
      Famous for thier temporary installation for the Make It Right Foundation, I love them for their pink background on their website. Unfortunately their website is not user friendly. Office located in New York City.
    • Greg Lynn F O R M
      Greg Lynn has established himself as a designer and architect that pushes the boundaries of form and media. One of Time Magazines 100 most innovative people. Office located in Venice California.
    • Grimshaw Architects
      Sir Nicholas Grimshaw is the head of this firm which has been at the forefront of the Hi-Tech movement for as long as his firm has been around. Offices located in London, Melbourne and New York City.
    • GRO Architects PLLC
      GRO Architects is a young firm lead by Nicole Robertson and Richard Garber and have already amassed an impressive portfolio of fresh new contemporary residential projects and installations. Office located in New York City.
    • Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
      Charles Gwathmey is responsible for leading the design of many great projects during his career. Gwathmey’s strong formal language seemed to give way later in his career as the weak forms gave rise to strong experience. Office located in New York City.

  • H

    • Hargreaves Associates
      George Hargreaves is one of the best landscape architects of our time. Credited for the visionary design of the University of Cincinnati campus. Offices located in San Francisco, Cambridge, new York, & London.
    • Heneghan Peng Architects
      Recent winner of several large commissions and design competitions. Angular forms and clean details are common themes in their buildings. Office located in Dublin, Ireland.
    • Höweler + Yoon Architecture
      A fun young firm with an interesting body of unbuilt work. Most notable project is their Parti Wall – Hanging Garden installation, although a one liner, it is an interesting project. Office located in Boston.
    • Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect
      Hugh Newell Jacobsen has practiced under his own name since 1958, although his flash website is a little clunky, his architecture is not. Jacobsen’s work consists of clean lines and primitive forms, which is complemented by his sensitivity to materiality.

  • J

    • J. Mayer H. Architekten
      The buildings produced by this office have a distinct style which at first is fun and at second glance is nothing more than appliqué. This may be an unfair assessment as the site is in German. Office located in Berlin, Germany.
    • Jacobsen Architecture
      Boasting 50 years of experience, Hugh and Simon Jacobsen have created a minimalist style that creates beautiful compositions using simplified classical forms. Office located in Washington, D.C.
    • Jefre
      Jefre is a local landscape architect that focuses on creating environmental art and couture landscapes that are as compelling as the architecture it engages. Office located in Orlando.
    • Johannes Norlander Arkitectur
      It doesn’t get much more minimal than this. Office located in Stockholm.
    • John Pawson
      The work of John Pawson is minimalist in style, but never short of substance. His projects are always beautiful in form and material. We love his lake crossing which is full of spirit. Office located in London.
    • John Ronan Architects
      John Ronan’s architecture is simple in shape but complexly beautiful in texture and materiality. This young practice is taking the midwest by storm. Office located in Chicago Illinois.
    • José García Design
      José García is part of a rising community of design talent in Cincinnati that has gone relatively unnoticed. His designs are a balance of contemporary clean lines with a sensitivity to materials and the human spirit. Office located in Cincinnati Ohio.

  • K

    • Kanner Architects
      Kanner Architects is a rare family architecture firm that hs been lead by three generations of Kanners since 1946. Their portfolio is full of modern clean residential projects. Office located in Santa Monica California.
    • Kevin Kennon Architect
      Kevin Kennon is slowly amassing a very impressive portfolio of built and ubuilt projects around the world. Most impressive is his series of uniquely contemporary Bloomingdale stores. Office located in New York City.
    • Kieran Timberlake
      Kieran Timberlake has achieved what few sustainable design/research oriented firms have been able, and that is creating a strong visually appealing architecture, while at the same time revolutionizing the way that we view architecture. Office located in P
    • Kol/Mac LLC
      Sulan Kolatan and William MacDonald have been creating unbuilt awesomeness for quite some time now, but have been unable to translate their designs into the built environment. If you have siezures do not visit this site. Office located in New York City.

  • L

    • Leeser Architecture
      Leeser is producing architecture which is very graphic in form and in surface. Their most notable project is the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum. Office located in New York City.
    • Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis
      Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis has developed in incredible portfolio of work that is sensitive to materiality, texture and the craft of architecture. Office located in New York City.
    • ll-l
      Reza Bagherzadeh from Null : Lab has started a new venture and he is crafting a style of architecture that is unlike anything that we have seen before.
    • logon
      logon is a German-based international design office that specializes in integrating urban planning, architecture and landscape disciplines to provide solutions perfectly tailored to the given location and context. Offices located in Berlin Germany and Sha
    • Lyn Rice Architects
      Lyn Rice formerly of Open Office and Diller & Scoffidio is principal of one of the most promising young firms in New York City. Their work is explicityl graphic design, sometimes their diagrams and drawings are better than the built architecture. Offi

  • M

    • Machado and Silvetti Associates
      A firm that often goes overlooked. They have an extensive portfolio of beautiful compositions, simple forms. Projects are often characterized by warm materials used in innovative ways. Office located in Boston.
    • Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
      The best firm in Georgia hands down. MSME has been producing a high level of architectural design for years. Office located in Atlanta.
    • MAD Ltd
      Winners of the 2006 Absolute Tower competition. This firm hit the scene in 2004 and has achieved an unimaginable amount of success in a short period of time. They’re blogging too. Office located in Beijing, China.
    • Marble Fairbanks Architects
      Marble Fairbanks was established in 1990 and is lead by Scot Marble and Karen Fairbanks. Their projects have a distinct focus on patterning and texture. Office located in New York City.
    • Mario Botta Architetto
      Mario Botta has long been one of my favorite architects, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that his firm has a website! If you are not familiar with Botta’s work, check it out right now. Office located in Switzerland.
    • Marlon Blackwell Architect
      Marlon Blackwell creates architecture that is sensitive to its use and context which is evident in his design for the Moore HoneyHouse, which we think is one of the best small projects in the country. Office located in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
    • Maya Lin Studio
      Maya Lin is more than the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, as an artist, landscape architect and architect she has amassed a body of work that is sensitive to its context, and has evolved to produce buildings and environments which rival her youthful masterpiec
    • McBride Charles Ryan Architecture + Interior Design
      An architecture and interior design firm which doesn’t appear to be anything special at first glance, then we saw the Monaco House. Office located in Prahran VIC.
    • Mecanoo Architecten
      Mecanoo Architects have a large portfolio of work, but the project that caught our eye as link worthy was the Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Performing Arts in Taiwan, which proves that real designers design with pink. Office located in The Netherlands.
    • Michael Graves & Associates
      Frank Gehry may be the most well known architect in the United States, but you can actually find products designed by Michael Graves in nearly every home. Offices located in Princeton and New York City.
    • Michael Maltzan Architecture
      Michael Maltzan is building contemporary architecture in LA, his most impressive credit was working in conjunction with SOM, SANAA, Field Operations and many other leaders on what we believed to be the best design for the WTC competition. Office located
    • Michael McInturf Architects
      Michael McInturf was the proverbial get it built guy in the three way partnership of Greg Lynn and Douglas Garofalo. Unfortunately he has built little outside of this partnership. Office located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
    • Michael Sorkin Studio
      Michael Sorkin has taught at some of the country’s most elite academic institutions. Body of work includes exhibitions, architecture & master planning. His designs are always amorphic, but rarely realized. Office located in New York City.
    • Moomoo Architects
      Moomoo Architects is a fresh young firm out of Poland that uses clean lines and simple forms in their designs. Be sure to check out their design for the ‘L House’. Office located in Poland.
    • Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
      Charles Moore was the creative force behind Moore Ruble Yudell architects, in 1985 Buzz Yudell and John Ruble took over that role. The recently completed Steger Student Life Center at the University of Cincinnati is a project that contains the spirit of C
    • Morphosis (aka Architecture by Thom Mayne)
      Morphosis has an amazing new site with a lot of useful information about their projects including plans, sections and elevations. But don’t worry, Thom Mayne’s name is still on every page. Offices located in Santa Monica, Paris and New York City.
    • Moshe Safdie and Associates
      Moshe Safdie found fame with his design for Habitat ’67, but over the years Moshe Safdie and Associates has turned into one of the premiere design firms in the world. Office located in Boston.
    • MVRDV
      MVRDV is one of the hottest firms in the world right now. Their work is the result of process rather than image, which means their projects are ugly and beautiful, but great nevertheless. Office located in Rotterdam.

  • N

    • n Architects
      Eric Bunge & Mimi Hoang do one thing very well and that is produce architecture that is both visually exciting and the result of careful architectural analysis. The Switch Building is a must study. Office located in Brooklyn, New York.
    • Najmias Office for Architecture [NOA]
      Najmias Office for Architecture is a small award winning architectural firm, which offers a fresh perspective on design, small and large projects seem to fit effortlessly within the urban landscape. Keep an eye on this firm. Office: Buenos Aires.
    • Natasi Architects
      Unfortunately their site is difficult to navigate and contains a limited number of projects, but their work is worth the wait. Office located in Hoboken, New Jersey.
    • Neil M. Denari Architects
      Neil Denari has long been everybody’s favorite up and coming architect, and now he is finally here. His work features masterfully controlled curves that read as soft angles. Offices located in Los Angeles and New York City.
    • NOX
      Lars has finaly updated the old website to display some of his new works, which are very exciting. The D-Tower is a definite favorite which has not received much press. Office located in Rotterdam.
    • Null : Lab
      Arshia and Reza, the two superstars of this firm made a name for themselves with the completion of a pair of radically different buildings that were unlike anything in architecture. They have been quiet ever since.

  • O

    • Odile Decq Benoit Cornette
      This firm has been around for 25 years and has managed to produce a small number of very nice built projects which juxtapose rich materials and detailing against simple forms. Office located in Paris, France.
    • Office for Metropolitan Architecture
      Rem Koolhaas is screenplay writer turned architectural writer, turned architect. OMA has offices located in Rotterdam, Beijing and according to their website Joshua Prince Ramus has allowed them to have in office in New York City.

  • P

    • Patterns
      Marcelo Spina is one of the few young architects that is having great success at producing buildings that mimic the cleanliness and smoothness of computer models. Office located in Hollywood, California.
    • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
      I.M. Pei has been gone since 1990, his legacy remains, but will this firm ever reach the level of architectural design its founder reached? Henry Cobb is the last remaining founder of this firm and soon enough will be another tribute firm.
    • Pei Cobb Freed And Partners
      I.M. Pei is one of the few modern architects to be credited with creating a modern masterpiece after the apparent death of modernism. Poor website, but great work. Office located in New York City.
    • Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
      We wonder about a firm named PCP, but Cesar Pelli has the ability to not just design the largest buildings in the world, but detail the hell out of them. Offices located in New Haven and New York City.
    • Plasma Studio Architects
      A young firm with few built projects. The most exciting thing about this firm are their installations which are experimental in form and technique. Office located in London, U.K.
    • Pott Architects
      We like Pott and you will to once you visit their site. Their work is both streamlined, bulky, industrial and refined all at the same time. Offices located in Berlin and London.
    • Predock Frane Architects
      Established by Hadrian Predock and John Frane their work is highly process driven. Office located in Los Angeles.
    • Pugh + Scarpa Architects
      Their designs often resemble a harmonious collage of various building parts, but somehow their eclectic style almost always works. Office located in Santa Monica.

  • R

    • Rafael Viñoly Architects
      Rafael Viñoly has been around forever but his projects have not received the same publicity as his high-tech contemporaries. Site contains a complete index of nearly every built or unbuilt design. Office located in New York City.
    • Randall Stout Architects
      We wonder why Randall Stout is not as popular as some of his other LA based architects. Their projects are exciting and are reminiscent of the work of Eric Owen Moss. Office located in Los Angeles.
    • Randy Brown Architects
      RBA’s work is solid quality architecture that fits within the current trends and styles showcased in Dwell magazine. Office located in Omaha, NE.
    • René van Zuuk Architekten
      They do one thing right in The Netherlands and that is to produce great architects. Spend the rest of your lunch looking through this firm’s site wishing you were René van Zuuk. Office located in The Netherlands.
    • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
      We love Renzo Piano for two reasons: No two projects are ever the same and he runs a Building Workshop as opposed to a firm or an atelier whatever that is. Offices located in Genoa and Paris.
    • REX
      Front man Joshua Prince Ramus is the new self proclaimed image of the architect. REX’s work redefines every typology through their focus on function and process. Office location is New York City.
    • Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
      Richard Meier is one of the best. Richard Meier’s career can be characterized by his mastery of a very clear and distinct architectural vocabulary that simply produces great architecture. Offices located in New York City and Los Angeles.
    • Robert A.M. Stern Architects
      The early work of Robert Stern exhibits his full talents and skills as a designer and architect. Current work follows current market trends rather than pushing the limits of design as in his earlier works. Office located in New York City.
    • ROEWUarchitecture
      ROWEW architecture is an interesting firm that features an extensive portfolio of unbuilt projects. They have constructed to residences that are worth checking out and are unique for the firms first works. Office located in London.
    • Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
      If you are looking for Richard Rogers this is it. Not nearly as successful as Norman Foster, but we think he might be better, plus he doesn’t have a flash website. If you havn’t looked at a RSHP detail, now is the time. Office located in London.
    • Rojkind Arquitectos
      Michel Rojkind is one of the hottest names in architecture that you probably don’t know about. His projects make use of vibrant colors and seductife forms. Office located in Polanco, Mexico.
    • ROY
      Lindy Roy managed to create a name for herself after leaving Peter Eisenman’s studio. Unfortunately we have not heard much out of this office for awhile, but we are still a fan. Office located in New York City.

  • S

    • Sanaa
      The website for Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / S A N A A, their site contains little to no information. Office located in Japan.
    • Sanders Pepper Smith RIBA Chartered Practice
      Sanders Pepper Smith features some nice projects that make use of traditional forms and materials in a sustainable and conservatively contemporary way. Although the firm’s site is not user friendly, their work is worth checking out. Office located in Redr
    • Santiago Calatrava
      Architect, Engineer and Artists. It will be interesting to see if Calatrava’s work will ever evolve or continue to become increasingly more complex Calatrava. Offices located in Zurich, Valencia, and New York City.
    • Sasaki Associates
      Hideo Sasaki is the founder of this interdisciplinary firm, and he is best known for modernizing landscape architecture. Sasaki Associates has an impressive planning and architectural portfolio. Offices located in Boston and San Francisco.
    • Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
      An exciting office that has been around for many years. Capable of producing unforgettable architecture that is strong in image and content. Notable feature of their work is their talented use of color. Office located in Berlin.
    • Serero Architects
      David Serero’s work focuses on unique structural expressions and computational design, a young architect to keep your eyes on. Offices located in Paris, France and New York City.
    • Serie Architects
      The work of Serie is closely linked to the research conducted at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London by principal Christopher Lee holds the position of Diploma Unit Master since 2002. Offices located in London, Mumbai and Beijing.
    • Servo
      Is Servo an architectural design firm or a group of friends scattered around the globe in search of a common goal? What we do know is that they work is very experimental. Offices located apparently wherever the four members are.
    • Simon Conder Associates Architects & Designers
      If you like the simple forms and nice details of John Pawson, you will love the work of Simon Conder. Simon Conder combines dark exterior forms with warm wooden interiors to create a unique architecture that works. Office located in London.
    • SITE
      SITE has been around since the 60s, and are most famous for their early series of architectural one liners for BEST Products. Their current work has evolved and is more developed in concept than their BEST series. Office located in NYC.
    • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
      It doesn’t matter what you think, good or bad, it’s SOM. Skidmore, Owings & Merril are architecture. They have been producing significant architecture since the 1930s and this machine isn’t going to stop any time soon. Offices located everywhere.
    • Snøhetta
      Snøhetta is taking the world by storm with the unique architectural visions, which are getting built. Offices locatid in Oslo, Norway and New York City.
    • Squire and Partners
      Squire and Partners is a gem of a firm, and so is their website. A beautifully original flash site allows you to easily navigate the firm’s impressive portfolio, and play a few video games while your at it. Although their site is cool, so is their archite
    • Studio Gang Architects Jeanne Gang is the creative leader of Studio Gang Architects and is one of the fresh new firms in the United States. Their work is original and innovative in their use of construction techniques. Office located in Chicago. Studio Gang Architects
      Jeanne Gang is the creative leader of Studio Gang Architects and is one of the fresh new firms in the United States. Their work is original and innovative in their use of construction techniques. Office located in Chicago.
    • Studio Luz Architects
      One of the best flash architectural websites going. Their commercial interior projects are their most successful projects. Office located in Boston.
    • Stutchbury and Pape
      Stutchbury and Pape is yet another great Austrailian firm that is producing great residential architecture. Recent winners of the Living Steel competition. Office located in Austrailia.
    • Sunlay Design
      Sunlay Design has a significant amount of built work that ranges in scale and style, yet many of their unbuilt projects appear overly simple. They also sport one of the best flash architecture websites. Office located in Beijing.
    • Surface Architects
      A fun little firm that has a few built projects on their site which are quite exciting. Their obsession with graphics and color translates into some nice architecture but an obnoxious web site. Office located in London, U.K.

  • T

    • Tatiana Bilbao
      Tatiana Bilbao and her firm is one of the best kept secrets of Mexico. Their work includes fresh forms with clean detailing that create memorable architecture. Office located in Mexico.
    • Terry Boling Architect
      Terry Boling’s designs are the result of investigations in materiality and creating an architecture that expresses the process of construction as much as it is about functionality and space. Office located in Cincinnati Ohio.
    • Thomas Phifer and Partners
      Thomas Phifer and Partners is one of the best things to come out of New York City, architectecturally, since the New York Five, in fact Thomas Phifer used to work for Richard Meier. Today he has found his own voice with the start of his own practice. Thei
    • Tigerman McCurry Architects
      You may be familiar with the name Stanley Tigerman, but he has quietly been operating one of the best midwest architectural practices. Office located in Chicago.
    • Topotek 1
      Topotek1 is a contemporary landscape architecture firm that has become famouse of late for thier collaborative efforts with BIG, the most noteworthy project of their colalboration is their winning entry for the IBA Hamburg. Office located in Berlin.
    • Trahan Architects
      More style than substance, apparently you should go to church because you might get a project out of the deal. Office located in Baton Rouge, LA.

  • U

    • UNStudio
      UNStudio consistantly rocks the world of architecture with smooth anguler buildings that are more beautiful built than their renderings. Office located in The Netherlands.

  • V

    • Vicens & Ramos
      Vicens & Ramos are masters at creating minimalist designs that seem to be absorbed into the landscape. Office located in Madrid, Spain.
    • Void
      Arshia from Null : Lab has apparently started a new venture, which we are going to keep an eye on. Office located in Hollywood.

  • W

    • West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
      West 8 is an award-winning international office for urban design and landscape architecture, founded by Adriaan Geuze in 1987. They are one of the best landscape/urban design firms right now. Offices located in Rotterdam, Belgium, New York and Toronto.
    • wHY Architecture
      This firm has little built to date, but their Grand Rapids Arts Museum is a very impressive freshman project that leaves us wanting more. Office located in Culver City.
    • Wiel Arets Architects
      Wiel Arets has been creating unique and inspiring architecture for many eyars now. Their site is difficult to navigate, but their work is worth the effort. Office located in Amsterdam.
    • Work Architecture Company
      WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) was founded in 2003 by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood. Based in New York, WORKac strives to develop architectural and urban projects that engage culture and consciousness, nature and artificiality, surrealism and pragmatism.

  • X

    • Xefirotarch Hernon Diaz Alonso is principal and founder of Xefirotarch and is widely known for his free formed designs. His work rarely gets built, but its influence on Columbia and other academic institutions can be felt. Office located in Los Angeles California. Xefirotarch
      Hernon Diaz Alonso is principal and founder of Xefirotarch and is widely known for his free formed designs. His work rarely gets built, but its influence on Columbia and other academic institutions can be felt. Office located in Los Angeles California.