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Architects Offices – Design Practices

Architecture offices around the world – key contemporary design firms listed as follows:

Architects Index – links to all architects on our website

– Architects by country

– Architects by city

– Architects by alphabetical order : links to 1742 architect studio pages

Architect Profiles + Listings available – please contact isabelle(at)e-architect.com

World Architects – by country

A	American Architect	Argentina Architect	Australian Architect
	Austrian Architect
B	Belgian Architect	Brazilian Architect	British Architect
	Bulgarian Architect
C	Canadian Architect	Chinese Architect	Chile Architect
	Colombian Architect	Croatia Architect	Czech Architect
D	Danish Architect	Dutch Architect
E	English Architect
F	Finnish Architect	French Architect
G	German Architect	Greek Architect
H	Hungarian Architect
I	Indian Architect	Indonesian Architect	Irish Architect
	Israeli Architect	Italian Architect
J	Japanese Architect
L	Lithuanian Architect
M	Malaysian Architect	Mexican Architect
N	New Zealand Architect	Norwegian Architect
P	Polish Architect	Portuguese Architect
R	Romanian Architect
S	Scottish Architect	Singapore Architect	Slovenian Architect
	South African Architect	South Korean Architect	Spanish Architect
	Swedish Architect	Swiss Architect
T	Turkish Architect	Thailand Architect
W	Welsh Architect

World Architects – alphabetical

Architecture Studios A-B

Architectural Studios C-D

Architect Studios E-G

Architects Studios H-J

Architecture Offices K-M

Architectural Offices N-Q

Architect Offices R-S

Architects Offices T-Z

World Architect Photos : portraits of key designers

World Architects – historical

Contemporary Architecture Studios : major contemporary architect offices

Historic Architecture Studios : major architect practices from 20th Century & beyond

Two of the most famous designers of buildings in the last century:

Zaha Hadid Architect

Iraqi-born but established an office in Clerkenwell, London, having attended the prestigious Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture on Bedford Square.

Zaha’s Heydar Aliyev Centre building in Baku is a favourite of mine, an absolute peak building for this incredibly talented architect. The sensous and liquid-like shape is truly enticing. The flowing form smoothly emerges out of the plaza – landscape and building are one – Editor Adrian Welch:

photograph : Hélène Binet

Sadly Zaha is no longer with us but she has left an amazing legacy across the world with key buildings in Baku, Azerbaijan and in Rome, Italy.

Frank Gehry

picture from STV
This Canadian set up his office in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA. He kickstarted his practice with a humble house for himself in Santa Monica. Using robust materials such as corrugated metal and mesh it was a popular inspiration to architecture students in the 1990s when I was attending university!

Later, larger, key works include the world-famous Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies for the University of Cincinnati, Ohio; Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, USA; New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida; Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Fred & Ginger aka Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic; the Vitra Design Museum and the MARTa Herford museum in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.

Hong Kong Architecture Studios

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