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Koji Tsutsui & Associates

A Japanese architect establishes a modest global practice and develops adaptable design concepts that play across national and economic boundaries.
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
December 16, 2011
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For newly minted architects eager to see the world’s great buildings, international travel is a rite of passage. For Koji Tsutsui, it’s a way of life. Born and bred in Japan, educated in England, and having built his defining work to date in Uganda, the 39-year-old architect divides his time between offices in Tokyo and San Francisco.


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Doepel Strijkers Architects

Duzan Doepel and Eline Strijkers transform sustainable into desirable with, among other projects, a garage-turned house and a green tequila distillery. Salud!
Tracy Metz
December 16, 2011
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Doepel Strijkers Architects is revving up to conquer the world, starting with the first-ever sustainable, socially minded, zero-waste tequila factory.
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I'aqui Carnicero Architecture

With rough, sensuous materials and simple geometries, a team charts new courses while employing the basic principles of Modernism.
David Cohn
December 16, 2011
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In the house that Iñaqui Carnicero has built for himself in Madrid’s rolling northern suburbs, the architect declares allegiance to a classic Modernist discipline, following a Madrid tradition that leads back to one of his influential teachers, Alberto Campo Baeza, and to Alejandro de la Sota and other pioneers of a renewed Spanish Modernism in the 1950s.
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Arquitecturia

After winning a number of design competitions, a young firm develops a body of work that responds to its rugged but rich context.
James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus
December 16, 2011
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A cluster of windblown branches sprouts from a tree stump in front of a museum in Ascó, Spain. The tree is sufficiently battered that I wonder why architects Olga Felip and Josep Camps kept it. “Our landscape doesn’t have a lot of character.
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Atelier Deshaus

This busy firm embeds traditional principles of Chinese architecture in the DNA of its modern buildings.
Clare Jacobson
December 16, 2011
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In a country where globalization’s impact can be seen almost everywhere, Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus wants to keep traditions alive.
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5468796 Architecture

What's in a name? A Canadian firm connects its collective identity to its practice and projects.
William Hanley
December 16, 2011
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Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic had just finished filing the legal paperwork when they decided to name their minutes-old architecture firm after its new corporate identification number.
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Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects

A Tokyo-based architect demonstrates a knack for handling materials and fitting buildings into their natural and urban contexts.
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
December 16, 2010
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In Japan, where few buildings are made to last, trees are mostly dispensable, and real estate remains among the world’s priciest, most architects simply nod politely to the notion of context.
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Standardarchitecture

This firm pursues multiple narratives in projects of very different scales, attitudes, and settings.
Aric Chen
December 16, 2010
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When architect Zhang Ke set up Standardarchitecture in Beijing, he chose the name because “it sounds neutral. It doesn’t imply any specific form,” he says.
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W.PA/Works Partnership Architecture

An Oregon practice thrives by devising design-driven schemes that meet the needs of its developer clients.
Charles Linn, FAIA
December 16, 2010
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William Neburka describes the founding of W.PA/Works Partnership Architecture, the firm he and Carrie Strickland started five years ago, as “kind of a shotgun marriage. Carrie and I didn’t really know each other when we started the office.”

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