FG+SG | Portugal

Fernando Guerra

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER & CO-FOUNDER OF STUDIO FG+SG

Fernando Guerra has been a pioneer in the way architecture is photographed and divulged in the past 22 years.

Fernando Guerra is an architectural photographer. His training, however, is as an architect. Guerra understands the architect’s process of understanding spatiality through wandering, scrutinising and associating ideas, shapes and dimensions. When he photographs buildings, it is more of an examination rather than a recorded perception.

Guerra’s work is regularly seen in international publications such as Casabella, Wallpaper, Dwell, Icon, Domus, A+U and many more. FG +SG has collaborated with many Portuguese architects including Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira, Manuel Mateus, Manuel Graça Dias, Gonçalo Byrne, ARX Portugal, João Luís Carrilho da Graça and Promontório Arquitectos as well as international architects such as Márcio Kogan, Isay Weinfeld, Arthur Casas, Zaha Hadid, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, among others.

In 2012 he was nominated for Canon Explorer, having been appointed ambassador for Canon Europe in Architectural Photography. In 2015 the MoMA acquired six of Fernando’s projects for their permanent collection, and in the same year Fernando won Arcaid Images Architectural Photographer of the Year and Plataforma Arquitectura’s Photography Prize Project of the year. In 2016 he was an award winner in Architizer’s Architecture + Photography category.

Simon Devitt | New Zealand

Simon Devitt

PHOTOGRAPHER

I am a photographer with a strong practice focus in Photography of Architecture, currently based in Auckland, New Zealand, with an established international practice throughout Australasia and further afield.

I have both a strong sense of home and a wanderlust which goes right back to when I was born in a sandstorm beside a sleeping camel in 1973. Working in many different settings across cultures around the world has had a great impact on my professional practice, which has been greatly enriched by my experience of each particular context: Shanghai and its people, the fruitful silence of a Japanese bamboo forest, the light in Los Angeles, so different to the harsh, more direct light in New Zealand. Infact, I love LA light, so diffused, as if a giant soft box had been placed over the sun. On one particular occasion, standing with my camera equipment in a very suburban street in Echo Park I noticed that I had caught the neighbours’ attention. A few came up to ask what I was doing, in a cutely nosey, neighbourly way, all of them appearing to act as a neighbourhood watch of sorts over the house I was photographing and for each other. I felt a great sense of community and a few of them even made it into one of my pictures. I love people in my photos as their appearance adds a sense of scale and a place in time. I am the author of the award-winning photo-book Rannoch and the All Things Considered series. Photo-books bring together my passion for image, place and language, which started in 2013 with the launch of Portrait of a House, my first self- published photo-book on the Athfield residence in Wellington. Since then, I have started publishing the Ripe Fruit series. My images feature in many books and collaborations including Long Live the Modern(2009), Group Architects: Towards a New Zealand Architecture (2010), Athfield Architects (2012) and Summer Houses (2011); as well as in numerous national and international magazines such as Elle Decor (Italy, UK, Japan and South Africa), Architectural Digest (Germany), Dwell (USA), Habitus, InDesign (Australia), Architecture NZ, Home New Zealand, Urbis, Interior (NZ). I lecture in Photography of Architecture at the University of Auckland, where I have also had the pleasure of offering the annual Simon Devitt Prize for Photography since 2008. Currently I’m represented by PhotoFoyer in Milan, Italy and my work has been exhibited in both group and solo shows. Once I had a man crush on Nick Cave, and I have a penchant for garden gnomes. Oh, and I prefer my martini shaken, not stirred.

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos | Spain

Sevak Asatrián

ARCHITECT AT FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos was founded in 2005 by Fran Silvestre, architect with honors by the UPV and Urbanist by the TU / e of Holland, Professor of the Department of Projects of the UPV and the European University of Valencia, Director of the MArch programs Architecture and Design, as well as Doctor Cum Laude by the UPV. In 2011 he was deputy director of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Valencia. In 2018 he won the Victor L. Regnier chair of the KSU in the United States. FSA has the collaboration in Alfaro Hofmann's projects in Interior Design. He has also collaborated with international studies, highlighting the collaboration with the Pritzker Álvaro Siza Prize.

He has received first national and international awards such as the German Design Award 2019 (Frankfurt), the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2016 (Granada), the Red Dot Design Award 2013 (Essen), the IFCC Awards 2016 (New York) , or the National Competition Fundación Caja de Arquitectos (Barcelona), among others. His projects are spread all over the world, highlighting places such as China, the United States, Brazil, Croatia or Spain, and have been published in international architecture and interior design magazines. Among them, Architectural Record, GA Houses, On Diseño or Interni. Also in publishers such as Phaidon, Taschen, Thames & Hudson or GG. Likewise, several monographs have been published that collect much of the study's work, such as those carried out by TC Cuadernos, A.Mag or Arianuova.

Arturo+Lauren | Los Angeles, USA

Arturo and Lauren Engel

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHERS/FILMMAKERS AND FOUNDERS OF ARTURO+LAUREN

Arturo Sanchez and Lauren Engel are photographers and cinematographers focusing their shared expertise on architecture, interior design and hospitality. Together, they have more than 25 years of experience capturing various brand’s visual language and elevating their stories with compelling imagery. Arturo+Lauren are international professionals that are split between Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong, and Spain. Arturo, having grown up in Mallorca, and Lauren in Hong Kong, both share a global nature and a distinctive understanding of how to holistically capture a location’s influences and surrounding context. To shed light on better understanding photographers’ inspirations and process, they manage and produce the online community for photographers Shiftercom, where they feature and interview leading architectural and interior design photographers.

OMA | THE NETHERLANDS

Laurence Bolhaar

SENIOR ARCHITECT AND PROJECT LEADER AT OMA

OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. AMO, a research and design studio, applies architectural thinking to domains beyond. OMA is led by eight partners – Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia.

OMA-designed buildings currently under construction are Taipei Performing Arts Centre, the renovation of Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, The Factory in Manchester, and the CMG Qianhai Global Trade Center in Shenzhen. Recently completed projects include Norra Tornen in Stockholm, Axel Springer Campus in Berlin, and MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Zaha Hadid Architects | UK

Maurizio Meossi

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AT ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

Zaha Hadid Architects was founded in 1979 and has been at the forefront of architecture, art, and design for 40 years. Now 400 strong, based in London and with offices in Beijing, New York, Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Dubai, we are known internationally for dynamic and innovative projects which build on Zaha’s revolutionary exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture, and design. Over four decades of practice, Zaha Hadid Architects has created a unique aesthetic that is at once unclassifiable and yet instantly recognisable for its clarity of vision.

We strive to create something unique in every project: something which is both different from our previous work and unique to its surroundings. Every new building is an opportunity to create something which will become a fundamental part of daily experience, an opportunity which should neither be wasted nor taken for granted. Our design approach consistently positions us in the vanguard of technology.

Maurizio originally joined the office in 2002, working primarily as 3D designer for several international competitions (BMW Leipzig, Florence Train Station and many others). He moved to Italy in 2002 to join the MAXXI team, leaving the office to collaborate with the structural engineering team working on the MAXXI project in 2003. He re-joined the office in 2006 as Project Architect for the Citylife Housing project, completed in 2013 in Milan. Back in London the same year, Maurizio became Associate Director in 2020. He is now directing several international projects, including the New Science Center in Singapore and other large developments around the world.

D’Arcy Jones Architects | Canada

D’Arcy Jones

PRINCIPAL AT D’ARCY JONES ARCHITECTS

D’Arcy Jones Architects (DJA) is an award-winning Canadian studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. DJA have been recognized for their design excellence through a diverse body of work in North America and in Europe.

Regardless of a project’s size or type, they believe in clear ideas, balancing budgets with quality, and precision. Combining pragmatism and invention, they like to experiment with common construction techniques and a building’s proportions. DJA make architecture built with traditional and unconventional materials, working hard to create designs that are curious and classic.

FRAN PARENTE PHOTOGRAPHY | Brazil + USA

Fran Parente

PHOTOGRAPHER AT FRAN PARENTE PHOTOGRAPHY

Working as an architectural and interior design photographer since 2007 and based between Sao Paulo and New York.

Safdie Architects | USA

Jaron Lubin

PARTNER AT SAFDIE ARCHITECTS

Safdie Architects is a design studio driven by a spirit of innovation and idealism, founded upon the guiding principles that architecture should be inherently timeless, connected to nature, and profoundly humane. The practice is research-oriented and forward-thinking, drawing upon a depth of experience to solve contemporary building challenges in imaginative and unexpected ways.

As a Partner at Safdie Architects, Jaron Lubin contributes an unyielding commitment to advancing design and, consequently, the human experience. Lubin’s passion for complex geometry and progressive methodologies is evident in the large, three-dimensional, urban projects Safdie Architects delivers globally. Lubin plays a critical role in the research, fellowship, teaching and architectural exploration of the firm.

A graduate of the University of Michigan and distinguished Alumni of UCLA, he is a frequent writer, juror and lecturer, travelling internationally to share the work of the firm.

DLCA ARCHITECTS | CHINA

Lichen Ding

FOUNDER AND CHIEF DESIGNER OF DLCA ARCHITECTS

Lichen Ding is an award-winning designer with experience spanning across multiple disciplines and industries.

Dabbled in architecture, interior space, and the field of art installations, service areas throughout the culture, hotel, commercial, office, real estate and brand planning.With solid knowledge in architecture and interior designs, he started he career working with land developers after getting professional qualifications in his early twenties. His project design has won several international authoritative awards, such as Gold Key Award, iF Design Award, A' Design Award, The Prix Versailles, German Design Award, Iconic Award, Hospitality Design Award, Asia Design Prize, K Design Award, Singapore Interior Design Awards, London International Creative Competition, Inno Design Prize, The Architecture Master Prize and China 40 under 40. DLCA focuses on social issues and contemporary culture, and has entered the urban environment that is now changing rapidly as participants. The organic connection of natural, cities, history and humanities is achieved by actively intervention design methods, so that the works can achieve artistic and architecture Functional balance, improve the attributes of the original environment and create beneficial value.

Superimpose Architecture | The Netherlands + China

Ben de Lange

DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDING PARTNER OF SUPERIMPOSE ARCHITECTURE

Superimpose Architecture is an award-winning Sino-Dutch design practice based in Beijing, Rotterdam, and Hong Kong founded by three accomplished partners Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange and Ruben Bergambagt. Since 2015 Superimpose has worked on a wide range of project typologies and scale in Europe and Asia. With a international team of innovative designers, Superimpose creates meaningful and sustainable spaces through architecture, masterplan, interior and exhibition design.

Superimpose employs a bold and creative Dutch design approach hand-in-hand with a tactile and sensible Asian design philosophy. Superimpose doesn’t advocate any particular design style but rather focus on applying problem-solving strategies to find functional, sustainable, innovative, crisp, balanced, well-detailed and striking design solutions.

Waechter Architecture | USA

Ben Waechter

FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT WAECHTER ARCHITECTURE

Ben Waechter, FAIA, is an architect and educator based in Portland, Oregon. Over 25 years, his diverse, award-winning body of work is united by a passion for clarity and connection. Waechter Architecture is an Oregon based, interdisciplinary design firm with an acclaimed and expanding portfolio of works across all project types. Over sixteen years, and in a wide variety of contexts, the firm has demonstrated the enduring value of clarity and design economy, and the ability of architecture to build community, elevate experience, awaken the senses, and find new expression.

Waechter’s approach and spirit of collaboration invites everyone to share in a deeper understanding of the art of building. From principals and project managers to researchers and designers, the firm works with stakeholders to identify essential needs, uncover insights, and forge a vision that will lead to resonant and responsive architecture.

CÉSAR BÉJAR STUDIO | MEXICO

César Béjar

DIRECTOR OF CÉSAR BÉJAR STUDIO

César Béjar is an architect graduated from the University of Guadalajara in 2015 and with studies at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Is founder of César Béjar Studio, where he focuses on the design and development of architectural projects alongside with architectural photography. His multidisciplinary work is recognized worldwide by architects, photographers and designers. The aesthetic of his photography and his work as an architect is the result of this dual practice that nurture reciprocally.

His photographic documentation includes architectural projects in Mexico, the United States and some European countries with important architects. His photography is a compilation of the best architecture in Mexico and have been published in printed and digital magazines around the world such as Conde Nast Traveler, Casa Bella, The Architectural Review, A.MAG, TC Notebooks and in The New York Times. As an architect and photographer, he has imparted conferences and workshops throughout Mexico and has exhibited his work as a photographer in galleries in Guadalajara, Cancun and Chicago. He currently develops architectural projects in the Mexican Pacific, Los Cabos, Riviera Maya and Guadalajara, among others. His architecture is an expression of the contemporary Mexico strongly rooted in Mexican tradition and its vernacular link with the trade.

Kiriko Design Office | Japan

Masaaki Uemori and Kokutou Uemori

KIRIKO DESIGN OFFICE PRINCIPAL

Kiriko Design Office was founded about 40 years ago in Japan . Currently Masaaki Uemori and Kokutou Uemori are managing the design office. The feature of their work is that they use a lot of local natural materials. Many of their work locates in Japan, and a broad range of buildings such as from nursery schools to clinics, apartment complexes, villas, shops and residence are included. 2018 - The Architecture MasterPrize | Honorable Mention Award 2018 - Design for Asia Awards | Merit Award 2017 - Design for Asia Awards | Bronze award

Arquitectura en Blanco | Spain

César Jiménez Gonzaléz

ARCHITECT AND FOUNDER OF  'ARQUITECTURA EN BLANCO'

Cesar Jimenez is an Architecture graduate from Valencia Polytechnic University. He graduated with honors on his Final Thesis, as well as achieving one of the best overall scores among his colleagues.

He studied one year abroad, at Porto Architecture School. His work has been focused mostly on landscaping projects, architecture and interior design. Along with these tasks, he also manages the account “Arquitectura en Blanco” through different social media platforms. This account has several thousand followers and it has a monthly impact of over one million views. Its mission is to publicize different projects so that they can become a reference for architects.

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT | Spain

Arturo Mc Clean

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT MIRALLES TAGLIABUE EMBT

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT is an international acknowledged architecture studio founded in 1994 by the association of Enric Miralles (1955-2000) and Benedetta Tagliabue in Barcelona.

Coincidently this partnership began just before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona’92, an apogee period of the city and its architecture. EMBT’s mature approach to architecture, interior design, facility planning includes experience with educational, commercial, industrial and residential buildings, restoration of buildings as well as special-purpose landscape architecture.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) | France

Antoine Chaaya

ARCHITECT, PARTNER / DIRECTOR OF RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP (RPBW)

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) is an internationally renowned architectural design practice with offices in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France. Since its founding in 1981, RPBW has successfully undertaken more than 140 projects on five continents, including major museums, academic buildings, civic institutions, campuses, and urban master plans. RPBW is led by nine partners, including founder and Pritzker Prize laureate, architect Renzo Piano. The RPBW method is a collective way of thinking and working. The practice employs a diverse international team of over 130 architects, designers, model makers and supporting staff. RPBW provides architectural design services across all project phases, from programming to construction close-out. Our approach is integrated and multidisciplinary including interior design, town planning, urban design, landscape, and exhibition design services.

CUN DESIGN | China

Cui Shu

FOUNDER AND CHIEF DESIGNER OF CUN DESIGN

CUN DESIGN, as a dark horse in the Asian design industry, has attracted much attention in the international design field in recent years. CUN DESIGN has won dozens of heavyweight awards and honors with its well-designed projects in over 40 counties and regions around the world, like the United States, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Hundreds of international media have paid extensive attention to and reported on the projects of CUN DESIGN.

CUN DESIGN proposes the concept of enterprise operation space. It is the first space design team in China who combines the concepts of artistic creativity, technology office and green office to fulfill the efficiency of corporate office. It is the pioneer in the field of office design, releasing the latest trends on office space thinking.

RO | ROCKETT DESIGN | USA

Yimeng Teng

PROJECT ARCHITECT AT RO ROCKETT DESIGN

Yimeng is a licensed architect and AIA member in the United States. She currently works for Ro Rockett Design in Los Angeles as a project architect on large scale contemporary residential projects. Prior to that she worked with VMDO Architects in Virginia for six years on educational and community projects. With a bachelor degree in Highway and Bridge Engineering from Southeast University and Master of Architecture from University of Virginia, Yimeng is a multiple award winner with projects exhibited and media coverage in the United States and China, as well as four architectural book translations published.

RO | ROCKETT DESIGN is a full service architecture and design collaborative interested in improving, re-imagining and creating spaces, landscapes and environments.  We aim for our projects to provide and evoke the spectrum of experience from utility to simple joy; places that we want to return to over and over. Our design philosophy is centered around the belief that spaces need to be shaped, lit and clothed in a way that can dynamically mediate an occupant’s relationship with the surrounding site, both near and far. We have a specific focus on the proportion of spaces, the use and registration of natural light throughout a room and the manner in which materials lend character and tactility to a place. Our studios live in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Aspen, however they function as one, thinking and producing interactively and seamlessly in real-time on all projects.

Shai Epstein Photography | Israel

Shai Epstein

ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Shai Epstein is a professional photographer and cinematographer based in Israel specializing in architecture photography and interior design. The main focus of his work expertise is on architecture and interior design for residences and offices.

Shai's photos are published on a regular basis in the leading magazines in Israel and in books and websites in the fields of architecture around the world. In his work Shai divides his time between Israel and European and African countries and presents a wide variety of photographs of the best architects. For about fifteen years Shai photographed thousands of homes and diverse work spaces. In his work he places emphasis on light and shadow, and geometry and incorporates in the content the living spirit in the space, the life story of the people who inhabit it, the pets and the atmosphere that fills it. Shai not only records the existing but conveys the living spirit of the place.

QUALITY INNOVATION UNITED [QIU] | UK

Jolanda Oud

PARTNER AT QUALITY INNOVATION UNITED

Quality Innovation United award-winning architectural studio founded in London with a global presence. We have always felt that new vitality can be injected into architecture if we changed the way we design. We wanted to really connect with the places we work in, to understand the culture of our clients, to be global and local.

Our studio’s mission is to create inspiring architecture, and meaningful places for people to enjoy everyday. We are inspired by the context, natural environment, and culture of the site. We believe that the architecture of tomorrow is both adaptative and resilient, functional, sustainable, and beautiful. We question everything, we are open-minded and explore opportunities to elevate our projects. We are as excited as our clients to see where the process leads us.

Peloton | USA

Michelle Hessel Alves

LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER AT PELOTON

Michelle Hessel Alves designs the look, feel and function of interactive experiences.

From B2B software to consumer-facing physical installations and VR worlds, she led design at companies of various stages and industries. Her track record includes building experiences that elegantly blend software and hardware at Peloton, designing award-winning digital products for the hospitality industry and pioneering Augmented Reality efforts for The Economist Group.

Kim Smith Photo | USA

Kim Smith

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Kim is a USA based architectural photographer who studied and worked in the architectural field as a designer. Now, her kinship with thoughtful designers and her sensitivity to spaces drive her to show how the built environment has an impact on quality of life. Her abilities to empathically read spaces and translate them into two dimensions often move her clients to call upon her with the aim of winning awards and accolades.

As one of the few women in the field, she founded “Women Architectural Photographers” featuring notable architecture photographed by women.

OAB + ELIA | Spain

Borja Ferrater Arquer

FOUNDING PARTNER OF OAB AND ELIA

Architect and PhD. Professor of the Department of Projects at the International University of Catalonia. Founder of OAB together with Xavier Martí, Carlos and Lucía Ferrater since 2006.

Author of the book Synchronizing among others. Winner of the FAD award in the category of "ephemeral architecture" together with Carlos Ferrater for the exhibition in Madrid "M.C. Escher El arte de lo imposible". Recognized also for works such as the Roca Barcelona Gallery, the Kaplankaya Resort project in Bodrum and for his recent design of a 3 Michelin star restaurant finalist in the FAD 2019. Together with OAB, he has built in more than 25 countries and has lectured and judged awards in 19 countries.

Due to international demand and the current change in society, together with 4 other partners, founder of ELIA aimed to improve people's lives through space to step into the future and improve the world of tomorrow.

CLB ARCHITECTS | USA

Sarah Kennedy

PRINCIPAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN DIRECTOR AT CLB ARCHITECTS

Sarah’s design language is guided by clients, nature, light, and materials.

She approaches every project with the idea of composing interiors to be conversant with the built and natural surroundings. Throughout her career, Sarah has worked in Sydney, London, and New York City, and has been involved in a wide range of project types including residential, hospitality, and retail design.

At CLB, the process of creating interiors is fluid and dynamic. We strive to express our clients’ unique personalities and aesthetics in the most fitting response to site, paying close attention to appropriate scale, and selecting a palette and materials that help ground the home in its setting. The resulting interiors are comfortable, livable and original, and express a quiet sophistication that favors timelessness over trendiness. Our designers work with skilled furniture makers, metalworkers, glassblowers and textile companies to produce items that enhance everyday life and reflect the passions and preferences of our clients. In all projects, the aesthetic experience reads as a natural progression from site to architecture to interior spaces. Each site and set of clients is unique. Each CLB design, from architecture to interiors, reflects that.

IN.X Design | China

Wu Wei

FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF IN.X DESIGN

Formulating an appropriate business strategy is an important strategy for an enterprise to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage in its own industry, and a clear strategy and strategy-first space design is an effective way for a brand to win every stage of the market and brand battle. In business strategy management, we divide the brand into three different stages: the entrepreneurial period, the growth period, and the mature period. There are corresponding strategies for the three different stages.

Business strategy is like the overall battle of brand development, and each stage of brand growth can be seen as a battle, and the presentation of every space is a battle. Only on the premise that the overall strategy is correct, each battle will have a more detailed and clear operational policy, and this set of strategies and policies will help the brand to clarify the goal in every war, that is, in every space design China has clear design guidelines in accordance with its business strategy, so as to win every war and win every stage of market competition, and ultimately help the brand gain lasting vitality and stand firm in the fierce market competition.

As the founder and creative director of IN.X based in Beijing, the interior architect Wu Wei is a master in Chinese catering space design. He is the designated designer for some popular restaurant in China, such as Siji Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant, Huda Restaurant, etc. With the design philosophy of “Strategy First, Design Follows”, he has maintained close strategic partnerships with many leading Chinese catering brands. With deep attainments in aesthetics and global perspective in business, he provides accurate business and design strategy for brand, thus, creating sustainable vitality for brand development. Wu Wei has witnessed and nourished the development of Chinese new generation catering brands.

SAOTA | South Africa

Stefan Antoni

DIRECTOR AT SAOTA

SAOTA, a leading firm of architects is driven by the dynamic combination of Stefan Antoni, Philip Olmesdahl, Greg Truen, Phillippe Fouché and Mark Bullivant who share a potent vision easily distinguished in their design.

This, paired with both an innovative and dedicated approach to the design, documentation and execution of projects globally, has seen SAOTA become an internationally sought-after brand.

SAOTA has a global footprint with projects on six continents. We have a clear understanding of the place of design in the world and how to deliver architectural projects in diverse markets. This success is driven by a design philosophy that connects function and form, and the pursuit of true architectural design to create appropriate solutions. The focus on achieving maximum value has also led to global invitations to design, build and create highly prestigious projects.

The philosophy of practice is embodied in the spirit of enquiry that flourishes amongst its staff. This spirit not only guides the firm, but enables it to maintain its position as definitive designers in a highly competitive and fast-changing industry. Increased exposure to the global marketplace has seen SAOTA flourish as cities and contexts allow for infinite inspiration which can be seen radiating from the approach to design.

SAOTA is also focused on using the most current computer technology in its design process, both to understand the design and to communicate the design to our clients. To this end we are world leaders in the use of Revit and have also developed virtual reality tools for use in our process.

Architecture Hunter | Brazil

Amanda Ferber

ARCHITECTURE HUNTER'S FOUNDER & CEO

Named as Forbes 30 Under 30 Brazil in 2019, Amanda Ferber is an architect and the founder & CEO of Architecture Hunter, a digital media startup with one of the biggest Architectural Instagrams in the world. With more than 2.7 million followers, Architecture Hunter is followed and respected by great names, such as Sir Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel, Marcio Kogan, Stefano Boeri, Toyo Ito, Snøhetta, and even Facebook's founder himself, Mark Zuckerberg. Amanda has already been a jury member of international awards, such as Architizer A+Awards, and Loop Design Awards. She is the ambassador of Morpholio, the north American App Network for architects and designers and also of Arkos Brazil. In the end of 2020, Amanda was listed as #1 out of the top 125 architecture influencers in the world.

CLAYTON KORTE | USA

Brian Korte

PRINCIPAL AT CLAYTON KORTE

Brian Korte leads the San Antonio office and the firm’s residential, ranch, and vineyard related projects currently in California, Hawaii, and Texas.

With a passion for authenticity, richness and well-crafted materials, Brian’s work champions the honesty of modernism with a commitment to practical yet artful solutions. Each project maintains a focus on the convergence of distilled design, regional ecology, ingenuity, and resilience that allows the structures to step back in favor of the surrounding natural landscape. Projects led by Brian have been recognized with national, state, and local AIA awards, and additional international architecture and related industry awards. In February 2020, Korte was elevated to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects, an honor awarded to only three percent of all AIA members that acknowledges personal achievements, architectural excellence and those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.

Clayton Korte creates places that celebrate their environment and exalt the human experience at the intersection of architecture, interiors, authenticity, and craft. What began as a small architecture practice in 1983 has evolved into a firm today that includes interior design and brand services with offices in Austin and San Antonio. Though their Texas architecture roots run deep, work on winery, ranch, hospitality, and residential projects have taken Clayton Korte to California, Maryland, Hawaii, and beyond.

Area Colectiva | Mexico

Sofía Benítez

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, AREA COLECTIVA

Area Colectiva is a Mexican architectural communication studio, formed by Mexican architects, that creates strategies. It aims to showcase offices and projects to expand its positioning, worldwide, in specific spheres, with the firm intention of creating “less egos, more friends” connections.

Architecture, as a transdiscipline, requires the inclusion of different perspectives for its analysis and dissemination. The philosophy of Area Colectiva is expressed through the creation of narratives applied to communication strategies, which aim to display spaces created for human endeavor in different typologies: residential, interior design, social housing, hospitality, commercial, offices, multipurpose and urbanism. Sofía Benitez is the founder and director of Area Colectiva, a Mexican studio focused in developing communication strategies for Mexican architecture projects and offices in relevant media worldwide.

URKO SANCHEZ ARCHITECTS | KENYA + SPAIN

Urko Sanchez

PRINCIPAL AT URKO SANCHEZ ARCHITECTS

Urko Sanchez Architects is an award-­winning Kenya and Spain-based boutique architectural firm renowned for excellence in design.

Our projects range in size, complexity and function. In all cases, however, the focus is on the client and the context, with a tailor-­crafted approach to each unique project. Commercial projects include hotels, office buildings, industrial spaces, and residential developments amongst others. Urko Sanchez Architects specializes in Design, Master Planning, Construction and Quality Control In addition, Urko Sanchez Architects is passionate about social improvement, contributing as often as possible to projects that target disadvantaged communities with needful and innovative interventions.

Urko Sanchez Architects are based in Kenya and Spain, working mainly in East Africa and Middle East but the office has undertaken projects throughout the region (Djibouti, Somalia) and further afield (Angola, Bosnia, Germany, Spain). The team at Urko Sanchez Architects is flexible, multicultural and boasts stellar local and international track­ records. Principal Urko Sanchez has a wealth of experience, having travelled extensively and accomplished projects in multiple contexts. Urko uses his broad experience to craft an innovative and versatile architectural outlook for every unique project.

We focus on working closely with clients to create tailor-­made projects, and faithfully interpret their vision. Above all else, the firm values client trust, and unparalleled quality in the expression and execution of its ideas. The firm is deeply committed to environmental stewardship, and for each project, the team considers the cultural roots of the structure, and how the building will be best integrated into its environment; the view, the indigenous materials, and the flow of the surroundings. Hallmarks of Urko Sanchez projects include contemporary twists on traditional architecture; a green aesthetic that harnesses wind and solar power and recycled water; and leveraging natural architecture to showcase natural light, and frame private gardens and open courtyards.

Ema Peter Photography | Canada

Ema Peter

PRINCIPAL EMA PETER PHOTOGRAPHY

Based in Vancouver, Ema Peter Photography was founded in 2005 to bring Ema’s creative vision to architectural photography. Ema’s training in both the visual arts and photojournalism, with experience at the Magnum Photo Agency in Paris, created the foundations for her approach to lighting and composition.

With over 20+ years of experience and shear determination, she has photographed internationally renowned projects and received countless awards. Ema deeply believes that a space has life and she makes it her mission to harness that character in every photograph.

MASK Architects | Italy

Danilo Petta

FOUNDING PARTNER, CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER AND LEAD DESIGNER AT MASK ARCHITECTS

Danilo Petta is an international award-winning Italian Watches and Luxury Industrial Designer at MASK Architects in Italy. He studied Architecture at Polytechnic of Milan and Interior Design at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan. He began his multidisciplinary career in the design center of “Bvlgari” in Rome as a "Watches Designer." He led the design of "Serpenti Tubogas" with other many successful timepieces for the brand. In November 2010, he joined the brand “OMEGA”, and his new challenge was the development of the new collection of “DeVille” products and central tourbillons as a Senior Product Manager. He has been awarded “ Europe 40 Under 40 ®” as one of the most innovative and contemporary emerging talents as a Watch and Luxury designer worldwide by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum. Between 2015-2018, he designed many different Luxury goods like the "Astronomia Sky," "Astronomia Solar," and "Astronomia Table-Clock" for Jacob & Co. "Astronomia Sky" was awarded in 2019 with the MUSE Award in the Fashion Design Category.

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Cecilia Di Marzo

SENIOR EDITOR AT ARCHILOVERS

Cecilia is an architect and interior designer, passionate about Architecture, Photography and Art in all its expressive forms.

After her postgraduate Master in Construction Management (Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, and Universidad de Cantabria, Spain) and a work experience at Miralles Tagliabue EMBT (Barcelona, Spain), she worked as architect and interior designer for a few years. Since 2005 she’s gone from real to digital, starting her work at Archiportale and Archilovers. At Archilovers, together with her colleagues, she handles relations with architecture and design italian and international practices, scouting, publication and promotion of projects and editorial pieces related to architecture. She also handles editorial newsletters and national and international media-partnerships.