Founded in 2016 by Zhou Suning, Tang Tao, and Wu Ziye, the Nanjing-based practice got its start in rural China, where government investment aims to revitalize areas that have long suffered from lagging economic development and depopulation.
For the fourth consecutive year, Gensler, Perkins&Will, and HDR remained fixed at the highest positions on Architectural Record’s annual ranking of the Top 300 American architecture firms by revenue.
These 10 emerging practices from across the U.S., Mexico, Germany, China, Japan, Nigeria, and Australia represent the promise of the next generation of architects.
With a “farm-to-shelter” mentality, BLDUS founders Andrew Linn and Jack Becker have taken a hands-on approach to designing structures with a sustainable aesthetic that challenge mainstream stick-built construction.
A decade into their shared practice, Mexico City–born Ingrid Moye and Berlin-born Christoph Zeller use their bicontinental arrangement to execute projects in both Latin America and Europe, allowing their experiences to inform one another.
Based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Briar Hickling and Alex Mok of Linehouse build site-sensitive projects around knowledge of local materials and Chinese craftsmanship.
According to firm principal J. Jih, whose studio works out of a converted warehouse in Boston’s South End arts district, architecture is a place “to dissect value, encounter the values of others, and continually evolve one’s own values.”
Classmates Millie Anderson and Jimmy Carter began moonlighting on small freelance projects—today, Office MI–JI has introduced a refreshing new approach to the Melbourne design scene and completed several intriguing projects in low-cost local materials.
Among other projects, Brent Linden and Chris Brown's Portland-based firm has transformed a postwar house into a new residence and home studio for a local design business.
For the young Tokyo architect, who worked under Kengo Kuma for a decade, integrating natural elements with concrete, glass, and steel has become second nature.
