Tommie Wilhelmsen

Tommie Wilhelmsen (born 1973) runs his office based in Stavanger. The projects are located all over Norway, but also in other Scandinavian countries.
The main focus of practice are private homes and condos, the classic architectural task of building great places to be and live. The projects aim to challenge the usual notions of what a house is and what it can do.

Tony Fretton Architects

Tony Fretton Architects was founded in 1982 and is now headed by partners Tony Fretton and James McKinney. The buildings completed by the practice in London for the Lisson Gallery in 1986 and 1992 continue to be internationally recognised as exemplary spaces for art, for the architectural experiences they offer and for their social engagement with the surrounding city. The three aspects - exemplary functioning, rewarding experience and productive engagement with the locale - are the underlying motifs in all the subsequent work.

THA Architecture

THA Architecture, founded in 1983 by Thomas Hacker, is recognized for the design of public buildings and urban spaces. Libraries, university buildings, museums, theaters and urban design have formed the core of the work. The firm has received national, regional and local design awards, has won three national design competitions and has been published internationally in five languages.

Toshiko Mori Architect

Toshiko Mori, FAIA is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture with tenure at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and was the chair of the Department of Architecture from 2002 to 2008. She is also principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, which she established in 1981 in New York City. Mori taught at the Cooper Union School of Architecture from 1983, until joining the Harvard GSD faculty in 1995.

Mori's strong research-based approach to design has been commended in awards and invitations to lectures and exhibitions around the world. In the fall of 2005, her work was exhibited in "Renewing Wright" at the Heinz Architectural Center of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. Her profile, "Postscripts: Building on Sacred Ground", appeared in The New York Times in May 2005. She has edited a volume on material and fabrication research, Immaterial/Ultramaterial, and is currently preparing her next publication: Textile Tectonic in Architecture. A monograph of her work, Toshiko Mori Architect, was published by Monacelli Press.

Tate Snyder Kimsey

Originally founded in 1960 by George Tate, Tate Snyder Kimsey celebrated its 50th year of business in 2010. The firm has evolved and grown from its modest beginnings in Las Vegas, first with George Tate and then with his partner Bill Snyder joining him in 1979. The firm became known for its experience in public and civic projects with a regional design sensitivity that led them to become one of the leading architecture firms in the southwest.

Taller5

Taller5 builders founded in 1994 by architects Calleros and Elisa Arreola Octavio Lerma Garcia de Quevedo, if integrated later the architect, Mariano Arreola Calleros.

The development of the firm has been enriched through participation in workshops as well as other courses within and outside Mexico, his ability to understand architectural space has allowed them to include residential, commercial and leisure, in your city and in different parts the country.

Have been invited by different universities to participate as lecturers and professors who are active members of international associations of design, creative activity has been recognized with several awards and his work it has been published by various media in Mexico and abroad....

Teget Architecture

Mehmet KÜTÜKÇÜOĞLU

Born in Zurich (1967). Graduate of METU Department of Architecture (1989). Master degree from SCI-ARC in Los Angeles (1993). Lectured in SCI-ARC, Middle East Technical University, Yildiz Technical University and Istanbul Technical University. Member of the Board of Directors in Bilgi University Master Degree Programme in Architecture. Have articles about city and architecture in various sectoral publications. Continuing his professional work as a partner of Teget Architecture.

Ertuğ UÇAR

Born in Antalya (1971). Graduate of METU Department of Architecture (1993). Master degree: METU Department of Architecture (1999). He contributed to the educational processes either as a lecturer, tutor or as a jury member. Lectured in Yildiz Technical University (2005-06); in Istanbul Technical University (2006-10). Have articles about city and architecture in various sectoral publications. Also a writer of two story books. Continuing his professional work as a partner of Teget Architecture.

TruexCullins

Now in our fifth decade of design excellence, TruexCullins' focus remains constant — to provide design leadership to our clients and communities. This focus demands skill, passion and effort from dedicated people. At TruexCullins, our people define and empower us to be creative and thoughtful, to provide insight and imagination. We listen and engage the people we work for and with. We embrace dreams and respect budgets. We enhance lives as well as the natural environment.We enjoy our work, and look forward to each new design project with curiosity, pride and passion.

As an architecture and interior design firm, TruexCullins provides our clients the expertise and creativity of five distinct design studios in the disciplines of education, workplace, home, resort and interiors.

Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

Turnbull Griffin Haesloop is an award-winning architecture firm, led by principals Mary Griffin FAIA, Eric Haesloop FAIA and Stefan Hastrup AIA from our San Francisco office. We are a woman-owned business renowned for sustainable, site sensitive design of houses as well as wineries, churches, libraries and independent schools. Our work also includes campus planning, adaptive reuse and historic renovations. An integral part of our practice is interior design, headed by Margaret Turnbull Simon ASID. We believe architecture is primarily concerned with establishing a "sense of place," inspired by the uniqueness of each site and each client. Since the concept for each of our buildings is rooted in its environment, we are particularly attentive to topography, microclimate, vegetation and solar orientation. We listen carefully to the aspirations and requirements of our clients. Mary Griffin, Eric Haesloop and Stefan Hastrup collaborate on all aspects of design and continue William Turnbull’s commitment to producing buildings of enduring architectural value. Turnbull Griffin Haesloop is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, with several LEED accredited professionals.

TRO Jung|Brannen

TRO Jung|Brannen is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. Few firms have achieved this milestone, and our ability to endure is a testament to our client relationships, business partnerships, and sustainable practices.

Our firm’s stability is reinforced in many ways. We have over 140 clients with whom we have active design commissions, representing the very best their respective industries have to offer. Our repeat business rate is among the highest in the design profession – over 90%. Of the more than 70 Principals and Senior Associates who share ownership of the firm, the majority have been with us for more than 15 years. Finally, we are broadly diversified in the services we offer, in the regions we practice, and in the markets we serve.

We believe that what sets us apart is our unique combination of inspired design and inspiring people. Our clients love the spaces we design for them, but more than that – they love the experience of working with our professionals.

Design firms are a bit like restaurants…..they come and go. But the ones that offer extraordinary service, value, and quality endure.

threefoldarchitects

threefoldarchitects was established to make innovative and exciting, contemporary architecture that delights visually and experientially; an architecture that enhances its environment and benefits the lives of the people who experience it. Founding partners Matthew Driscoll & Jack Hosea have combined a wide range of experience in housing, arts & cultural projects through their work at a number of award winning practices. Renée Searle joined as a partner at the beginning of 2009 bringing with her both an expert knowledge of sustainable construction technologies and a broad range of experience of running large scale housing and education projects. As a senior team we have a comprehensive knowledge of a diverse range of areas including planning negotiation, working with listed buildings, education, residential refurbishment & extensions, sustainable new build housing design and materials technology. As a practice we don’t have a ‘house style’, every design draws upon the knowledge that we have gained from past experiences but above all we treat each new project as an opportunity to create something innovative and unique. We pride ourselves in our ability to bring excellent design solutions to every project and to communicate effectively with clients, consultants and contractors to complete projects on time and on budget. To date our work has won awards, competitions, created successful places and spaces, and surprised, delighted and satisfied our clients. We are proud of what we have created so far but we continually strive to exceed expectations and better our achievements in the future.

Tamarkin Co

Deceptively simple, painstakingly crafted, and transcending all fashion, the dignified buildings created by Tamarkin Co. highlight the enduring qualities of modernism, as well as founder Cary Tamarkin’s uncompromising vision of timeless design and the highest quality.
Tamarkin, a Harvard-graduated architect, founded Tamarkin Co. in 1994 to merge the business of real estate development with the art of architecture. The result is a highly curated portfolio of residential condominium buildings that includes the standard-setting conversions of the warehouses 140 Perry Street and 206 West 17th Street into raw-space loft apartments. Tamarkin Co.’s new buildings have also garnered acclaim for their design and sensitivity to the urban context. 47 East 91st Street was the first new residential building in Carnegie Hill to be approved by The NYC Landmark’s Preservation Commission in over 50 years. 495 West Street led the wave of new residential development along the West Village waterfront and was the recipient of an American Institute of Architects Honor Award.

On the rare occasion that Tamarkin Co. accepts an architectural design commission, the process is rigorous and the results are impeccable, as evidenced by two recent houses in Shelter Island and Woodstock.
Ranging from challenging conversions of historic structures to carefully considered and beautifully crafted new buildings, Tamarkin Co. residences meld pragmatism and poetry. The quiet modernism that is the company’s signature is subtle, long lasting and widely regarded as the standard-bearer for true luxury.

Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito
Honorary Fellowship of AIA
Honorary Fellowship of RIBA
Commissioner of Kumamoto Artpolis

Biography

1941 Born in Seoul Metropolitan City
1965 Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture
Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects and Associates
1971 Started his own studio, Urban Robot (URBOT) in Tokyo
1979 Changed its name to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects Awards and Prizes
1986 Architecture Institute of Japan awards for “Silver Hut”
1992 33rd Mainich Art Award for Yatsushiro Municipal Museum
1998 Ministry of Education Award for the Encouragement of Arts for “Dome in Odate”
1999 Japan Art Academy Prize for “Dome in Odate”
2000 Accorded the Title “Academician” from The International Academy of Architecture
2000 The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from American Academy of Arts and Letters
2001 Grand Prize of Good Design Award 2001 from Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) for “Sendai Mediatheque”
2002 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 8th International Architecture Exhibition NEXT at the Venice Biennale
2003 Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for “Sendai Mediatheque”
2004 XX ADI Compasso d’Oro Award for “Ripples” (furniture design)
2006 Royal Gold Medal from The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Public Building Award for “Sendai Mediatheque”
2008 ADI Compasso d’Oro Award for the Stand Horm 2005 6th Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts
2009 Medalla de Oro from Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid 2010 2009 The Asahi Prize

Trust In Design

Trustindesign:
Established in 2004 by Joran Briand, Etienne Vallet and Arthur de Chatelperron, it marks the beginning of a prolific and innovative collaboration. Trust in Design is an interdisciplinary studio involving architecture, interior, graphic and product design. Trust In Design is interested in the emerging relationships across different design disciplines and in the opportunities offered to designers by technological innovation. With collaborators specializing in different areas, each project is developed with an integral approach that challenges preconceptions and seeks alternative ways of living. Trust in design is a collaboration that emerges from the awareness of the complexity of our world and attempts to make sense of it through the lense of design.

Clients:
Souledge and Redsoul / Eye-Like / Alain Mikli / Davide Groppi / Cart'com / Vinci / 1664 / Yves Saint Laurent / Alyson Magee / Lacoste / Dorel / Tefal / Ducs d'Anjou Hotel / 5IVE Hotel / B.institut / Tinbergen associé / Gaia tourism / La suite 21 club / Branché débranché / Rudy Ricciotti /

Taalman Koch Architecture

Taalman Koch Architecture is a collaborative architecture firm based in Los Angeles.
Linda Taalman and Alan Koch are the creative directors and principal architects. As partners for over 12 years they have cultivated a collaborative method of working with clients and multidisciplinary teams that has resulted in numerous award winning and internationally published and exhibited projects.
Starting from their earliest collaborations with artists in their Trespassing: Houses x Artists project they developed a unique ability for customizing the design process to facilitate creative solutions.
Taalman and Koch were partners in charge, under the banner of OpenOffice, for the acclaimed Dia : Beacon museum (AIA NY Merit Award). By incorporating research into their practice they have continued to develop speculative work that expands their field of architectural exploration. Taalman Koch Architecture research into off-site fabricated building technologies led to the development of the award winning itHouse system (AIA LA Merit Award, Sunset Western Home Award). Currently they are designing houses, classrooms and temporary structures that are both economical and sustainable using this system. Taalman Koch Architecture have directed, assisted and facilitated art installations and public art projects, from their Small Skyscraper collaboration with Chris Burden (Art Basel), Ft. Lauderdale Airport Art and Exhibition master plan, a multi year installation in the High Desert Test Sites in collaboration with Kathleen Johnson, and their recent commission from the For-Site Foundation to create an animal habitat and sculpture in the Presidio in San Francisco. Each new project is viewed as an opportunity to explore how design fits in the world at large – from initial discovery and brainstorming phases, to new fabrication technologies and non-linear construction practices.

Since 1997, Taalman & Koch have collaborated extensively with artists and arts institutions, demonstrating a commitment to the pursuit of a thriving relationship between art and architecture.

Both Taalman & Koch are registered architects in California and New York.

Toland Williams

Toland Williams Architects is a design-focused architectural practice based in Sydney.
The practice was established in 1975 by Robert Toland and became Toland Williams in 1985 when Peter Williams became a partner.

A commission in 1987 for a factory development in Panyu, China marked the beginning of Toland Williams’ expansion into Asia and it subsequently opened an office in Hong Kong in 1991 and has subsequently worked on major projects in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Today, Toland Williams and its staff have experience in Masterplanning, Architecture and Interior Architecture covering Commercial/Industrial Developments, Corporate Campuses, Medical Research/Development facilities, Public/Civic Developments, Education facilities, Recreational Buildings and Hospitality Projects.
Toland Williams Architects is a studio-based practice committed to design excellence and innovative solutions that can instigate positive and progressive outcomes for clients. Intrinsic to our approach is a collaborative process, be it within our Toland Williams office, the project team and the client, or with other specialist consultants.
Every project is unique to us and our approach and design reflects the specifics of Programme (client/brief) and Place (site) rather than any singular vision or preconceived ideas. Toland Williams believe that with creativity and innovation, excellent design outcomes are feasible and economically viable, producing solutions that respond to their environments in a sustainable manner.

Tribe Studio

Sydney-based Tribe Studio designs beautiful houses, interiors, retail spaces, corporate spaces and public buildings. Each project is a considered and creative response to client needs and aspirations, the site and its environment. Environmental sustainability is seamlessly integrated into the design process.
The Tribe Studio team has experience in single houses, multi-unit residential, retail, commercial, urban design, entertainment, galleries and public infrastructure. Tribe Studio makes architecture. The studio is actively involved in furthering design excellence through conference presentations, exhibition installations, and design competitions. Their built work is widely published. Tribe Studio’s founder and principal is Hannah Tribe. Hannah studied architecture at Cornell and Sydney University graduating with First Class Honours and the University Medal. Her academic awards included: Royal Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter Prize, Arthur Baldwinson Memorial Prize in Architectural History and Theory, CHL Turner Memorial Prize in Architectural Design, George McRae Prize in Architectural Construction, James Hartley Bobby Memorial Scholarship in Architecture, Board of Architects of NSW Prize and the University of Sydney Honours Scholarship. Hannah has also taught architectural design at the University of Sydney, University of NSW and University of Technology, Sydney. She is also painter, exhibiting in Sydney.

Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Japan in 1967 and, after having studied at length with Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, in 2000 set up his studio, Tokujin Yoshioka Design, in Tokyo.

His partnership with Issey Miyake has been in existence for over 20 years. Tokujin Yoshioka has taken part in a number of projects by the fashion designer, designing among other things Issey Miyake and A-POC stores and producing the installation entitled Issey Miyake Making Things for the Cartier foundation in Paris, achieving international fame.

Tokujin Yoshioka came to the Milan furniture show for the first time in 2002, presenting the chairs Honey Pop and Tokyo Pop for Driade.

Again for Driade, in the same year, he designed an extraordinary installation, transforming the entire space, in the heart of Milan, into a futuristic Japanese garden.

His other projects include the TOFU lamp produced for Yamagiwa, the STARDUST chandelier designed for Swarovski Crystal Palace, shop windows for Hermes and the Toyota stand at the Tokyo motor show.

One of the most recent and interesting experimental design works by Tokujin Yoshioka is the Pane Chair presented at last year's Milan furniture show.

The name comes from the production process of the chair, similar to baking bread. The material is inserted in a mould and, as when bread is baked, placed in an oven. The fibres stiffen and memorise the shape of the mould through the effect of the heat. At the end of "cooking" the finished chair is taken out.

The Pane Chair played a major role at the exhibition Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus L-Finesse - Evolving Fiber Technology, staged at the Museo della Permanente in Milan. On that occasion Tokujin Yoshioka created an installation with more than 7000 km of optical fibres, transforming the space into a giant lens.

In the autumn of 2006 he presented his solo exhibition entitled Tokujin Yoshioka - Super Fiber Revolution, at the Axis gallery in Tokyo, seen as the completion of his research and experimental study of materials. Concurrently the British publishers Phaidon published the monograph book entitled Tokujin Yoshioka Design, distributed worldwide, which describes his experimental design, always in pursuit of new possibilities for future developments.

Tokujin Yoshioka has received a number of awards and his works are displayed in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world: the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Tokujin Yoshioka website

Tomek Rygalik

Tomek Rygalik was born in Lodz, Poland in 1976. He studied Architecture at the Technical University of Lodz, and than Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in New York (1999 BA/Hons).
After his studies he worked with several design companies in New York City and the area - consulting for clients including Kodak, Polarioid, MTV, PerkinElmer, Dentsply, Uniliver, DuPont etc.
In 2003 he came to the Royal College of Art for Post Graduate studies (2005 MA RCA).
After graduating from the RCA, Tomek Rygalik established his own design practice in both London and Lodz and joined the RCA stuff as a Research Associate. He also teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His most recent work includes projects for Moroso, Artek, Iker, Heal's and Ideal Standard.
Tomek Rygalik was awarded with numerous prizes and awards including most recent Gold Medal of the 2007 Poznan International Fair, First Prize Award in the 2006 International Bombay Sapphire Martini Glass Design Competition, BSI Environmental Design Award 2005, and Rosenthal Design Award 2004. He was also a finalist of The British Council's International Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 competition.
Over the last few years his work was exhibited in Berlin, Frankfurt, Lodz, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Tokyo, Poznan, Warsaw and Valencia.
Tomek Rygalik website