José Marini Bragança

José Marini Bragança was born in 1956. He studied at Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, Mozambique. In 1980, he finished the School of Architecture, University of Lisbon.

He collaborated in the projects for Lisbon Airport’s Aerogare 2 and in the Agrarian School of Bragança. In 1981, he established his own office, and in 1985 he moved to Leiria. He worked for the City Council until 1993 and, among other; he designed the Arrabalde da Ponte Detail Plan, the Mercado Santana revamp project and the project for 20 pre-primary schools.

jmarchitects

jmarchitects has developed into one of the UK’s foremost architectural practices since its formation in 1962. Our aim is to create the best spaces, buildings and places with a level of design excellence that satisfies, delights and inspires our clients.
jmarchitects has studios in Abu Dhabi, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds and London, employing around 150 people. We provide design services in architecture, masterplanning and interiors for a wide range of public sector and private clients.

Jefferson Sheard Architects

Jefferson Sheard Architects have a strong team of expert architects, technologists, interior and landscape designers with a great range of experience and the ability to bring a joined up approach to any project, from the consultation and planning stages to final interior mood-modelling and landscaping.

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects was formed in 1996, when John and Alice recognized a shared aesthetic and social vision for the power of architecture. Since then, the firm has become renowned for an innovative design process dedicated to creating vibrant architectural spaces that catalyze creative interaction and redefine both social and individual realms.

Jorge Mealha

Jorge Mealha graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Lisbon in 1987. Since then he has developed projects for a variety of constructions including commercial, housing, industrial premises, schools and sports buildings.

He has been a teacher of Architectural Project at the University Lusíada since 1991.

JSA

JSA is an office for architecture, urban design and interior design.Our projects range from feasibility studies to full commissions and from urban master plans to detailed interior designs. In recent years, we have carried out an array of architectural projects, both residential and non-residential, for clients in the private and public sectors.

Our primary objective is always to develop a clear concept that is based on our client’s requirements and transform that concept into a tangible object. This process combines draftsmanship and mathematics, imagination and determination, wishes and possibilities. Working in consultation with all relevant parties, we keep the focus on the built result.

In architecture, the concept of sustainability obviously relates to a building's energy balance and the use of sustainably produced materials. But architectural sustainability also involves a building’s long-term signficance and fitness for use, its capacity to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining its value and authenticity.

We insist on the quality of the finished product. On an architecture that is founded on the needs of the future users. On thoughtful, meticulous workmanship, down to the finest details. On sustainable architecture in the most literal sense of the word: architecture that will stand the test of time.

Through its built works and specialized research, JSA actively seeks to contribute to architectural and urban discourse.

Jensen Architects

Jensen Architects is an award-winning architecture and interiors firm based in San Francisco. We work closely with each client to thoroughly understand their needs and to develop solutions that are unique, appropriate, and poetic responses to the constraints and opportunities of the project. In all projects, extreme care is taken to conceptualize comprehensively from the general to the particular so that the end effect conveyed is one of thorough and thoughtful consideration. Numerous design awards and publications have recognized the consistent quality of the firm’s work.

JSWD Architects

JSWD Architects has been in Colonge since 2000. It started with a small team, lead by the four shareholders; Olaf Drehsen, Jürgen Steffens and the brothers Konstantin and Frederik Jaspert The company is now with more than 50 employees.

The four partners are from the Rhine and the Mosel, all four began their architectural career at the RWTH Aachen. The offices of Günter Behnisch and by Meinhard von Gerkan and Marg (GMP) were formative stages, followed by teaching activities and establishing their own offices. In 2000, they founded JSWD architects.

Jaume Bach Núñez

Jaume Bach Núñez was born in Sabadell in 1943. He studied at ETSAB Architecture School in Barcelona, where he got his degree in 1969 and teaches since 1972. He got his Ph.D. in 1991, and he is a head professor since 1998.

From 1965 to 1966 collaborated at MBM studio and from 1967 to 1968 at Correa and Milà studio. In 1976 he founded Bach – Mora arquitectes, and in 1998 Bach arquitectes.

He has taught Composition and Projects and is nowadays Degree Project coordinator, president of the foreign degree convalidation tribunal and member of ETSAB Degree Project Tribunal. He has been a visiting professor at Urbino, Hannover and Dublin.

He has given many seminars and conferences at Spain, Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, England, Ireland, Finland, Portugal, Rumania, United States, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile and Russian Federation.

His work has been exhibited in several cities in Spain, in Paris (1981), Europalia Brusels (1985), Paris Biennial exhibition (1985), Bordeaux (1985), The Architectural League of New York (1986), Athens (1986), Rotterdam (1986), Santiago de Chile (1987), Buenos Aires Biennial exhibition (1987, Golden Medal), Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas (1989), Tokio (1989), Paris (1990), Deutsche ArkitekturMuseum, Frankfurt (1991), Bolonia (1991), Bagneux (1991), Basel (1992), Florence (1992), Viena (1992), Chicago (1993), Olinda Biennial exhibition in Brasil (1994), Buenos Aires Biennial exhibition (1995), Expotecnia New Delhi (1997), AEDES Galery, Berlin (1997-98), Essen Deubau (1998), Città Emilia, Italy (1998), Buenos Aires Biennial exhibition (1998), León, México (2000), Asti, Italy (2001), Buenos Aires (2001), Moscow (2004).

His work has been granted with many distinctions among which there are several FAD prizes: 1982 (Muntaner Station), 1987 (Jujol School), 1988 (Raventós i Blanc Winery), 1989 (la Caixa Cultural Centre, Palau Macaya); opinion FAD: 1981 (Olèrdola House), 1982 (Muntaner Station), 1987 (Jujol School and Porchs), 1988 (Raventós i Blanc Winery); several times finalist: 1981 (Olèrdola House), 1982 (l´Alzina School complex), 1984 (Bellaterra Station, Special Mention), 1986 (Health assistance Centre in Sant Vicenç dels Horts), 1987 (Youth Centre, Kindergarten Torre Balldovina) and 1988 (COAC 5th floor), 1989 (Sports Centre in Gràcia), 1990 (Clínica Corachán Extension), 1991 (Olympic Stadium in Terrassa), 1993 (Sabadell Station), 1997 (Secondary School in Mollet), 2000 (Illa Fleming); selected several times: 1987 (Can Gasset Housing, Sant Gervasi House), 1988 (Enology and Viticulture School Mercè Rossell), 1990 (Incineration plant in Tarragona), 1991 (Can Ros Station), 1992 (Telephone Exchange in Vila Olímpica), 1998 (Illa Metalco), 2000 (Caposa factory and offices), 2001 (Plaça Cerdà Housing), 2004 (Edifici Banc Sabadell Landscape); and proposed for FAD and Pabellón Mies van der Rohe European Prize; and design prizes Delta de Plata ADI FAD 1984 (Access wheels for railway stations for FFCC de la Generalitat de Catalunya), and 1986 ADI FAD selection (Barcina Pot). He has as well some “Brunnel Commendation” given by The International Awards for Outstanding Visual Design in Public Railway Transport: in 1989 (Utrecht), 1992 (Madrid), 1994 (Washington), 1998 (Madrid).

JUN AOKI

JUN AOKI, architect. Having graduated from Tokyo University Jun Aoki worked at Arata Isozaki & Associates before establishing his own Tokyo-based practice in 1991 to do 'anything that seemed interesting'. Subsequent works have included diverse directions such as a series of houses, public architecture, and fashion boutiques as a current series of Louis Vuitton stores. A swimming pool atYUSUIKAN(1993) that investigates some of the themes of the more recent project,FUKUSHIMA LAGOON MUSEUM(1997) which won the Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award, theAOMORI MUSEUM OF ART, the Grand Award of the international competition completed in 2005 and opened in 2006. An artwork atU bisshows another side of his creation as an artist. His first monograph Jun Aoki Complete Works 1 was published in October 2004, simultaneously with another book Harappa to Yuuenchi (vacant lot and amusement ground) collection of his written texts. The second monograph Jun Aoki complete Works 2: Aomori Museum of Art and the reprinted edition of Kenchiku-Bunka Jun Aoki 1991-1999 were published in 2006. He got an award of the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize.

Johanna Grawunder

Johanna Grawunder began working for Ettore Sottsass in 1985, subsequently becoming a partner. In addition to her work in architectural design Johanna Grawunder has produced limited editions of lighting and furniture for various galleries in Europe and the United States.
Johanna Grawunder also works with selected group of companies such as Flos, Boffi and Salviati. Johanna Grawunder more recent commissions have included a permanent installation of outside lighting at the Museo di Arte Contemporanea of Syracuse.
Johanna Grawunder has held lectures and conferences in Europe, Asia and the United States.

José Juan Barba

José Juan Barba (1964), Doctor in Architecture, ETSAM (2004), Special Mention in the National Finishing University Education Awards (1991).
José Juan Barba founded his professional studio in 1992, advising different NGOs until 1997, when he changed the main focus of his professional work to the research and development of the metropolitan nature of architecture, with the carrying out of constructed and theoretical projects (books, articles and the being the curator of exhibitions)
José Juan Barbawas a lecturer from 1999 to 2007 at the ESARQ-UIC in Barcelona and has been lecturing at the ETSAG in Alcalá (Madrid) since 2003.
José Juan Barba has been a guest lecturer at different national and international universities, in Alicante, Volos, Barcelona (Etsab – Esarq), Madrid (Alcala, CEES, IEarquitectura, Etsam), Montevideo, Rome, Washington, Valencia (UI Menedz Pelayo), Valladolid, Segovia (SEK) among others.
José Juan Barba is on the panel of judges for different art and architecture competitions. He is currently the Director of the Masters in “Proyecto de Arquitectura y Cultura del Paisaje” (“Projects in Architecture and Culture of the Landscape”) at the “I/art” in Madrid. José Juan Barba was selected and invited to present his work on “The Post-Industrial City”, with 40 young architects from all over the world at the National Gallery of Washington DC, USA in 1994. José Juan Barba has been the editor-in–chief of the international Art and Architecture magazine METALOCUS since 1999. He was the subeditor of “Espíritu Nuevo” in 1992 and the correspondent for “Quaderns” in the US in 1998. The last exhibition he was the curator of was “M.C. Escher. El arte de lo imposible (The Art of the Impossible”), Canal Y Il, Madrid.
His projects and proposals have been published in numerous specialised magazines and national and international newspapers and have been broadcast on national and international radio and TV programmes such as: Ed. Actar, EL CULTURAL, ABC de las Artes, BABELIA-EL PAIS, LEER, ZERO, ARQUITECTURA, FORMAS, ARQ-Chile, ENLACE-México, ON Diseño, MINIMA – Athens-, Arquitectura Plus, Vía Construcción. Radio Círculo, Canal Cuatro, TVEspañola, TV2, Europa Press, Intereconomía TV, Telemadrid, “La ciudad invisible” RN3, ....

Joshua Prince-Ramus/REX

Joshua Prince-Ramus is Principal of REX. In addition to the Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center in Istanbul, Turkey, REX recently completed the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Current work includes Museum Plaza, a 62-story mixed-use skyscraper housing a contemporary art center in Louisville, Kentucky; the new Central Library and Music Conservatory for the city of Kortrijk, Belgium; and a 2,643,000 sf luxury residential development in Songdo Landmark City, South Korea. Notably, within the past year REX received second prize in both the international competition for the new Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, and the Finnish Innovation Fund’s Low2No sustainable development competition in Helsinki, Finland.

Prince-Ramus was the founding partner of OMA New York—the American affiliate of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in the Netherlands—and served as its Principal until he renamed the firm REX in 2006. While REX was still known as OMA New York, Prince-Ramus was Partner in Charge of the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas and the Seattle Central Library, hailed as Time magazine’s 2004 Building of the Year and by Herbert Muschamp in the New York Times as “the most exciting new building it has been my honor to review in more than 30 years of writing about architecture.” In 2005, the Seattle Central Library was awarded the top honors bestowed by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Library Association (ALA).

Prince-Ramus was recently described as the “savior of American architecture” by Esquire magazine. Additionally, he was identified as one of “The 20 Essential Young Architects” by ICON magazine, as one of the world’s most influential young architects by Wallpaper* and as one of the twenty most influential players in design by Fast Company. Prince-Ramus is a member of the TED Brain Trust—along with thinkers such as Bill Gates, Craig Venter, Dean Kamen, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin— and was a speaker at the TED2006 and TEDxSMU conferences. Videos of Prince-Ramus’ TEDTalks, in which he describes the designs of the Seattle Central Library, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, and Museum Plaza, can be found at “www.ted.com.”

Prince-Ramus received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with distinction from Yale University in 1991 and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1996, where he was both an SOM fellow and the first Araldo Cossutta Fellow. He was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture in Fall, 2007; a visiting professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in Spring, 2009; and a visiting professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation in Fall, 2009. Prince-Ramus is an NCARB-certified architect, and holds licenses in Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and the Netherlands.

Johannes Norlander Arkitektur

THE OFFICE
Johannes Norlander Arkitektur AB was founded in 2001. The office specializes in various fields of contemporary architecture, working for private, public and corporate clients.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A10 Yearbook, 2009. Netherlands
IW Magazine, No.65 2009. Taiwan
Baumeister, No.B12 2008. Germany
Dwell, September 2008. USA
Arkitektur, No.3 2008. Sweden
Icon, No.063 2008. UK

JOHANNES NORLANDER (1974)
1993-95 Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. 1996 Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design in Stockholm. 1996-1999 Architecture at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. 2003 Diploma in Master of Architecture.

John Wardle Architects

Founded in 1986 by John Wardle, our design-intensive practice fosters a collaborative studio environment to excite and develop ideas.
John Wardle Architects broad range of type and scale of project work, across three states, makes us an unusual practice. Among John Wardle Architects recent projects, completed or under construction, are single houses, apartment towers, university buildings, commercial office towers and office fit-outs ranging from $0.5m to $200m. John Wardle Architects are noted for the degree of intensity we apply to the detail resolution of our buildings regardless of their scale.
John Wardle Architects design expertise has been recognised with industry awards including many awards from Royal Australian Institute of Architects, among them Australia's most prestigious architectural prize: The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings.

John Wardle Architects are committed to creating buildings that respond sustainably to their environment.

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture (JPDA) is an award-winning multidisciplinary practice combining sustainable architecture, digital media, branding and experience design. Since the firm’s inception in 1997, JPDA has produced over 150 projects world-wide. We offer a turnkey service, starting with initial walkthroughs of potential sites, and encompassing feasibility studies, contract negotiation, space planning, furniture and fixture design and construction administration. Because we understand how difficult the construction process can be, we provide efficient project management which helps clients minimize the build-out period and reduce costs. Environmentally responsible choices are seamlessly integrated throughout each phase, including material and finish selection, building systems design, construction sequencing, and in-house LEED administration. Every project is thoughtfully designed and managed to ensure the greatest return in beauty, efficiency, and comfort. JPDA designs unique spaces tailored to the individual needs, desires and aspirations of our clients. Our holistic design process is centered on user experience and sustainability, and we build from that foundation to integrate the broad spectrum of specializations that constitute our core scope of architectural services: Residential Design
Our residential work includes projects within a wide range of budgets, including new construction, home additions, brownstone guts and co-op/condo renovations. We work with clients to create timeless modern classics that maximize both livability and resale value. Commercial Design
Whether your company is expanding, relocating or just starting out, our designers can help ensure that your office environment is both beautiful and practical, a tailored fit that reflects your corporate identity while maximizing productivity and efficiency. Our custom solutions focus on flexibility and adaptability, so that changes to the structure of your organization can quickly and easily be accommodated. Retail Design
We work with retailers of all sizes to create unique and authentic shopping environments, helping our clients stand apart from their competition and deliver an unparalleled customer experience. Whether creating one-off boutiques, retail prototypes, concept stores, pop-up shops or overseeing international rollouts, we build environments that tell a brand’s story, connect with customers and build loyalty. Hospitality Design
JPDA helps our hospitality clients generate buzz by creating uniquely sophisticated, playful and elegant restaurants, bars and lounges. For each project we propose dynamic programs and scenarios which can generate exposure and talkability, while ensuring the core values of customer service, comfort and operability. Brand Experience Design
We help companies build brand loyalty by creating direct connections with their customers through exciting first-hand real world experiences. Brand Experiences can take many forms, including retail stores, hospitality spaces, entertainment venues or purpose-built pavilions and temporary installations. JPDA creates customer-centric experiences that touch audiences with authentic, innovative and unforgettable interactions.


Jespersen Design Associates

Jespersen Design Associates offers design and project management services for clients seeking help for new construction, remodels, additions, restorations, interior design and custom projects.

We develop custom solutions for each client project. Our projects have been featured locally and nationally in print and tv.

JDA has a strategic partnership with poliform slc. Poliform is an international brand of italian kitchens, closet systems, built-ins, and furniture.
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JVR Architects Ltd

Established in June 1990 by three architects Ilmar Jalas, Kalle Vellevoog and Enn Rajasaar. In 1998 architect Velle Kadalipp joined the owners' team.
The office is owned by principal architects

Enn Rajasaar (Estonian Academy of Arts 1985)
Velle Kadalipp (Estonian Academy of Arts 1986)
Kalle Vellevoog (Estonian Academy of Arts 1986)

Besides them engineering architect Andrus Andrejev (Tallinn University of Technology 1996); building architects Margus Tamm (Tallinn College of Engineering 2002) and Martin Prommik (Tallinn College of Engineering 2004) are working in the office.
JVR Architects Ltd website

John McAslan + Partners

John McAslan + Partners is a leading architectural and design practice with a broad portfolio of award-winning British and international architecture, generated by its offices in London, Manchester, and Moscow. Having established an early reputation for rational, highly detail conscious design that delivered strikingly innovative buildings, the practice is carrying this approach even more boldly into new projects in every sector.

The ability to deliver outstanding architecture was established with major buildings including Apple Computers' European Corporate Headquarters at Stockley Park, and commercial buildings for London Merchant Securities, Great Portland Estates, and Olympia and York. The practice was the first British architects to complete a major building at Canary Wharf, and won the International Brunel Award for the design of Redhill Station.

Today, John McAslan + Partners has a strong reputation for delivering newbuild architecture, and giving vibrant and sustainable life to old and historic buildings through adaptive interventions. The practice was declared Architect of the Year and Masterplanning Architect of the Year for 2006 by the Architects Journal. It continues to win RIBA Building of the Year awards, and was named as AJ's Architectural Practice of the Year in 1998, 1999, and 2002.

In many of its schemes, the practice – using up to 10% of its pretax profits – has set up linked pro bono community to involve local young people in projects. A separate trust fund has funded a variety of additional schemes in Britain and abroad through the McAslan/ICE Bursary scheme, administered by the RIBA, which supports young architects and engineers in small-scale, innovative design and cultural projects.
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Johnston Marklee

Since its founding in 1998 Johnston Marklee’s diverse portfolio has been unified by a conceptual approach to each project. Rather than adhere to a signature style, the intricate relations between design and building technology are explored to create unique and vital works of architecture. JML’s innovative design process includes frequent collaborations with contemporary artists, writers, photographers and sculptors, bringing multiple layers of expertise to each project.

Featured extensively in national and international media, the repertoire of Johnston Marklee include the exhibition designs of nano at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Kaikai Kiki Merchandise Room of ©Murakami at the Museum of Contemporary Art; the structurally innovative Hill House in Pacific Palisades, CA; the color-specific Sale House in Venice, CA; the conjoined boutiques of Mameg and Maison Martin Margiela in Beverly Hills, CA; and the Writers-in-Residence Studies for the Lannan Foundation in Marfa, TX. Current projects include the Grand Traiano Art Complex in Grottaferrata, Italy; the View House in Rosario, Argentina, the Verdant Hills Hotel Villas in Jixian, China; and a Villa for the international ORDOS 100 project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

The firm has garnered several awards including the 2002 Progressive Architecture Design Award, the 2004 and 2006 AIA Los Angeles Honor Awards, the 2007 Merit Award from the AIA California Council, the 2007 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum, the Honor Award from the Westside Urban Forum, the Design Award Citation from the AIA Los Angeles and P/A Awards from Architecture Magazine.

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