PROFILE: IAD (International Architecture Development) is one of the emerging players in the new European architecture scene. The studio, led by French architects Cottrell & Michelangeli, produces an architecture based on ergonomics, functionality and contextuality which has recently been recognized with the "2008 Europe 40 under 40” award by the European Center for Architecture & Urban Studies, both the 2009 and 2010 "International Architecture Award" by The Chicago Athenaeum, various short-listings by the World Architecture News and a High Commendation at the 2010 MIPIM AR Future Awards, as well as having participated as keynote speakers in the City and the World Architecture Symposium in Florence in November 2009.
