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Jacques Ferrier is an architect and urban planner. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture in Paris-Belleville and civil engineering at École Centrale in Paris. In 1993, he created his own practice in Paris and has worked in France and internationally since then. His work follows a clear philosophy and aims to create an architecture and an urban environment for a creative and sustainable society. His portfolio includes cultural and leisure facilities (amongst others the French Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and the Water Park Aqualagon near Paris), showcase buildings (such as the Headquarters for Champagne Piper & Charles Heidsieck in Reims, the Headquarters of Hachette Livre in Paris and the Airbus Delivery Center in Toulouse), public buildings (notably the Collège de France in Paris, the Métropole Rouen Normandie headquarters and the International French School of Beijing). Pauline Marchetti and Jacques Ferrier have been collaborating since 2008. Together, with the philosopher Philippe Simay, they created in 2010 Sensual City Studio, a research laboratory devoted to a forward-looking, humanistic and sensitive approach to the city and to architecture. Since then, they have developed a significant portfolio, with public and private projects, that combine research and architecture.

Jacques Ferrier is qualified to teach in architectural schools in France. He has published a large number of books and articles on his ongoing architectural research. His work has been the subject of many publications, especially The Architecture of Jacques Ferrier (edited by Thames & Hudson London in 2016). His work has been showcased in several monographic exhibitions : ‘Entre-Deux’ at the The Design Center of the University of Quebec in Montreal, ‘Impressionismus at the Architektur Galerie Berlin, ‘Non oppressive Design’ at the DOKK1 in Aarhus and ‘A vision for the Sensual City’ in Manila, Singapore, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. He has been recipient of several prizes and awards, in France and internationally. These include the LEAF and BEX awards in London, Architizer A+Award in New-York, and Highly Commended mention at the WAF 2016 in Berlin. He is both Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

https://ferriermarchetti.studio/

Brinda Somaya is an architect and urban conservationist. Upon completion of her Bachelor of Architecture from Mumbai University and Master of Arts from Smith College in Northampton, MA, USA, she started her firm Somaya and Kalappa Consultants (SNK) in 1978 in Mumbai, India. In May 2012 she was conferred an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, Smith College. In 2014 she was awarded the Indian Institute of Architects – Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement. From 2016-2021 she was the Chairperson of the Board of Governors, School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, an Institute of National Importance. In 2017 she joined the Board of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, Zurich, Switzerland and was also elected as the A.D. White Professor-at-Large by Cornell University, U.S.A.

Over four decades she has merged architecture, conservation and social equity in projects ranging from institutional campuses, rehabilitation of an earthquake-torn village to restoration of an 18th century Cathedral, showing that progress and history need not be at odds. Her belief that ‘The Architect’s role is that of guardian – hers is the conscience of the built and un-built environment’, underlines her work that encompasses large corporate, industrial and institutional campuses and extends to public spaces, some of which she has rebuilt, and others reinvented as pavements, parks and plazas.

Some of SNK’s award-winning campuses include Tata Consultancy Services, Banyan Park, Mumbai; Nalanda International School, Vadodara; and Zensar Technologies, Pune. In 2021 SNK Consultants won UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage award of Merit for Malabari Hall, Seva Sadan, in 2019, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage award of Distinction for the `Restoration and Upgradation of the historic Louis Kahn Buildings of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), in 2018, the UNESCO ASIA-PACIFIC Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation — Honourable Mention, 2018 for Rajabai Clock Tower and University of Mumbai Library and in 2004 the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage award for the restoration of the St. Thomas’ Cathedral in Mumbai. In 2013 Brinda Somaya was chosen as one of the 100 GLOBAL PUBLIC∙INTEREST∙DESIGN persons working at the intersection of design and service globally.

She is the Founder Trustee of the HECAR Foundation which has brought out several publications on Heritage and Architecture. In 2000 she curated a conference, ‘Women in Architecture 2000’, and organized a seminal exhibition on the work of women architects, with a special focus on South Asia, In 2020, she chaired an international conference ‘Women in Design 2020+’ a landmark event for women designers from across the globe to showcase SNK’s work as well as provide a platform to collaborate. In 2018, she brought out a monograph ‘Brinda Somaya – Works & Continuities’ covering her diverse practice with MAPIN Publishing and the HECAR Foundation.

Brinda Somaya was on the IAWA board of Advisors (International Archives of Women in Architecture), U.S.A. She has delivered analytical and critical talks as well as presented papers in India and abroad on her work. She has lectured extensively in the U.S.A, U.K., Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & India and her work has been exhibited in the USA, UK and Japan.

https://www.snkindia.com/

Studio Job is a ground-breaking art and design studio based in the Netherlands and Milan and is an international leader in contemporary art and sculpture. Led by Job Smeets (b.1969) a pioneer of modern conceptual and sculptural art and design, he founded Studio Job in 1998 producing once-in-a-lifetime objects. Smeets leads a team of highly talented craftspeople to produce art pieces, projects and works in the atelier in the Netherlands. The studio works across art, interiors and design with a vast range of high-profile clients, galleries, and collaborators.

Job Smeets is internationally recognized as pioneers of contemporary conceptual and sculptural design. His work ranges from bronze artwork in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, to the national stamp of the Netherlands featuring the Dutch King (forty million pieces produced), and the unique life-size bronze sculptures on Miami Beach, to the one-off Wunderkammer produced for Swarovski in Innsbruck, Austria, as well as over 500 products with brands such as Swatch, Venini, Pepsi, Landrover, Moooi and many more. As well as and many ground-breaking interiors and architectural works most notably The Embrace 13 meters bronze facade in Dordrecht.

Professor Rafiq Azam is an internationally acclaimed architect from Bangladesh who has been practicing and developing his remarkable style of green architecture for the last 30 years. His architecture is a harmonious fusion of tradition, nature, and mysticism, including tiny elements of nature to adorn his buildings with poetic beauty. A “House” to him is not just an abode for humans, but a nest for butterflies and birds as well. Rafiq’s mastery of light, shadow, water, and air is influenced by such mysticisms as cited by Lalon and Tagore. His green architecture is not a mere mechanism of energy saving — rather it is an inspiring process of energy gaining.

Rafiq Azam was born on December 29, 1963, in Dhaka, Bangladesh and lived with his family in Lalbagh for most of his youth. In 1986, he finished designing the Azam Residence, a single-family residence which he held dear to his heart as it was made to house his own family following the death of his father. The residence finished construction in 1988. Rafiq Azam then went on to graduate from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1989 and started his architectural practice, “SHATOTTO architecture for green living”, in May 1995.

In 2004, Rafiq Azam participated in the “Glenn Murcutt Master Class”, and in 2008 was selected as one of the ten emerging designers of the world by “Urban Land” in the USA.

As a visiting faculty, Rafiq taught at notable institutions such as the National University of Singapore, NED Karachi, Jadavpur University India, BRAC University, University of Asia Pacific, North South University Dhaka, and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, among others.

Some of his major projects include the SA Residence, a single family residence constructed in 2010; The SP Setia Headquarters, an international project completed in Malaysia in 2014; The Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque, a contemporary mosque built adjacent to the Azimpur Graveyard in Old Dhaka in 2018; And Rasulbagh Children’s Park, a revitalization project of an old misused park completed in 2021 as part of the Jol Shobuje Dhaka initiative. [2]

Rafiq Azam has also acquired many awards and achievements. He is the proud holder of The Berger Excellence Award, the AR Emerging Architecture Award, and the IAB Award. He is also a four-times winner of the Cityscape Global Award, five-times winner of the World Architectural Community Award, and six-times winner of the South Asian Architecture Award.

Rafiq Azam qualified as a finalist for the Aga Khan Award in 2004 and 2007, won the Leading European Award in 2015, the ARCASIA Gold Medal and the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Award in 2017, won first place in the Eurasian Prize 2020, and received an Honorable Mention in the DNA Paris Design Awards in 2021.

Most recently, Rafiq Azam has been awarded with High Commendations in the UIA 2030 award in June 2022 and has been selected as the recipient for the Commonwealth Association of Architects’ Robert Matthew Life Time Achievement award in July 2022.

He has also served as an international juror on multiple architectural platforms and has attracted media attention from all over the world.

https://rafiqazam.com/

Keith Griffiths is the Chairman & Founder, Global Principal Designer of Aedas, one of the world’s largest architectural practices with 1,200 staff in 11 offices throughout Asia, USA and Middle East. Keith is an internationally respected architect and masterplanner with over 44 years of experience in city-scale urban planning and high-rise, high-density building designs throughout Asia.

Keith has spent most of his time in Asia over the past 41 years and has extensive experience in creating bespoke design for the Asian environment. He leads Aedas’ wide portfolio of significant high-rise residential, commercial, retail and mixed-use buildings across Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Keith is one of the creative minds behind the famous city skyline of Hong Kong and numerous iconic developments throughout the cities of China and Southeast Asia.

Keith formed Aedas on the precept that architectural design requires a deep social and cultural understanding of the cities and communities being designed for. He values diversity and a designer should understand the society and culture of the local communities to contribute professionally to the built environment. As a result Aedas has established a network of local / global offices across the world.

Keith is deeply committed to inspire and cultivate young architects. He lectures at universities and at international conferences to advocate sustainable high-density live-work urbanism and upon international designs in the new Asian megapolis. He participates and judges international design competitions and architectural design awards.

Keith is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, a Non-Executive Director of the Link Management Ltd in Hong Kong, as well as Founder and benefactor of the Griffiths-Roch Foundation which he established in 2009 to restore important and endangered historic buildings in Wales.

Donald MacDonald, owner and Principal of Donald MacDonald Architects, LLP is an award-winning architect with over 40 years of architecture experience. Donald has expertise in many facets of bridge design, including conceptual planning, architectural enhancements, transportation operations, public participation, landscaping, and environmental studies. He has a record of successful collaboration with bridge engineers and other technical professionals on complex, signature bridges, such as the design-build of the Abraham Lincoln Bridge between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, done with IBT; the $750 million Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, SC; the 524-meter Tilikum Crossing Bridge in Portland, OR, where he led a team of ten assisting in the structure’s construction; and the $6.2 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project. MacDonald graduated from Columbia University, and during his career, has won just under 200 international, national, and regional awards for architectural design. He lectures on architectural design worldwide and holds an AIA Fellowship in design. Donald is the author of multiple books on bridge architecture, all available online, focusing on his most iconic projects such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the East Span of the Bay Bridge.

Education
Master of Science, Architecture
Columbia University
New York City, NY


Wade Memorial Fellow

Associations
Registered Architect: California C-4935; Kentucky 7269; South Carolina SC-6343; Nevada 0765; New Mexico 589; New York 035252; Oregon P35246; NCARB 12268

Memberships
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)

More about https://dmdarchitects.com/; http://donaldmacdonaldarchitects.com/

Astrid Klein was born in Italy, attended the European School, and went to the Beaux-Arts and Arts Décoratifs in France. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, she moved to Japan, where she has lived and worked since 1988.

Astrid was drawn to Japan by the simplicity of Japanese design, its attention to detail and freedom from traditional constraints. In Tokyo she began working for Toyo Ito and in 1991 she co-founded Klein Dytham architecture with Mark Dytham.

Today, Klein Dytham architecture (KDa) is a multi-disciplinary design practice known for architecture, interiors, public spaces and installations. Their Daikanyama T-SITE project in central Tokyo redefined bookstores globally. It was voted one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world by the New York Times and won the Design For Asia Grand Prize. Ginza Place, on one of the most iconic street corners of the world, has become one of Tokyo’s most identifiable landmarks, as has KDa’s wooden hinoki facade for Cartier in Osaka. Their Toggle Hotel and PokoPoko clubhouse both won Dezeen awards for Best Hotel and Best Hospitality Building in 2021.

In 2003, Astrid and Mark devised PechaKucha Night as a public speaking platform for Tokyo designers and other artists to meet and share their work. PechaKucha has since grown into an international network that hosts events in over 1,200 cities around the globe, and continues to inspire creatives worldwide.

Astrid is a sought-after speaker internationally. She has been a visiting lecturer at Berkeley University, and now teaches at Musashino University in Tokyo, as well as at Toyo Ito’s Architecture School for Kids. She is a board member of NPO HOME-FOR-ALL, an initiative to build community hubs in earthquake and tsunami affected areas of Japan, and a co-founder of DESIGNART, a city-wide design and art festival in Tokyo.

More http://www.klein-dytham.com/

Dieter Brell is a founding member of the interdisciplinary design office 3deluxe, which is among the most cutting-edge representatives of the German design avantgarde. For more than 20 years the Wiesbaden agency, which has offshoots in Miami and Dubai, has been breaking new ground in architecture, interior design and corporate design. Its seemingly organic design language, complex multimedia installations, and iconic buildings have proven to be stylistically very influential even at the international level. As creative director, Dieter Brell is responsible for numerous renowned and award-winning projects worldwide such as the D’fly store in New York, the architecture of the Leonardo Glass Cube, the Cocoon Club for techno icon Sven Väth, the Butterfly Pavilion in Dubai, restaurant designs for Michelin-starred chef Mario Lohninger, the V-Plaza carfree urban development project in Lithuania and the zero-energy building FC Campus, to name but a few. Currently Dieter Brells main focus is on the future transformation of our cities into more livable, resilient, sustainable and inclusive spaces and what role architecture can play in this development.

He is member of the German Design Council, is engaged in several innovation networks like Morgenstadt/City of the future and he is a frequent speaker at international summits and events.

“My team and I work to make the world more beautiful and more human friendly. We aim to inspire and heighten people’s awareness, and we believe in the positive impact of forward looking and innovative design.” (Dieter Brell)

https://3deluxe.de/de

Bernard Khoury was born in Beirut in 1968. He studied architecture at the Rhode Island school of Design (BFA 1990 / B.Arch. 1991) and received a Masters in Architectural Studies from Harvard University (M.Arch. 1993). In 2001, he was awarded, by the municipality of Rome, the honorable mention of the Borromini Prize given to architects under forty years of age. In 2004, he was awarded the Architecture + Award. He is the co-founder of the Arab Center for Architecture. He was a visiting professor in several design and architecture schools, including the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, L’Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. He has lectured and exhibited his work in over one-hundred-twenty prestigious academic institutions in Europe and the U.S. including a solo show of his work given by the International Forum for Contemporary Architecture at the Aedes gallery in Berlin (2003) and numerous group shows including YOUprison at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin (2008) and Spazio at the opening show of the MAXXI museum in Rome (2010). He was the architect and co-curator of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national pavilion at the Venice Biennale’s 14th International Architecture Exhibition in 2014. Khoury started an independent practice in 1993. His work has been extensively published by the professional press. Over the past twenty years, his office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and in over fifteen countries abroad.

https://www.bernardkhoury.com/

Gilda Bojardi is editor since 1994 of the magazine Interni published by Gruppo Mondadori, and also Editor of all the publications of the Interni system: the Annuals (Cucina, Bagno, Contract); Interni Panorama, the supplement to Panorama, the weekly news magazine; the Design Index; the FuoriSalone Guide, the Mexico City/Milano guide and the Apps of the FuoriSalone and Zee Milano; KingSize, the preview of new products at the Salone del Mobile.

She invented the FuoriSalone, a project that began on an experimental basis in 1990, and has become the Design Week that fills the city of Milan every year, in the month of April, with over 450 events. Every year in April from 1998 to the present, she organizes an exhibition-event during Design Week in Milan on one of the major themes of the international design debate, inviting the most important international architects and designers to address the subject through the creation of micro-architecture.

As a curator, Gilda Bojardi creates and organizes cultural events and exhibitions in many different countries (Beijing: 2006 at NAMOC; 2011 at National Museum of China, partner Ministry of Culture). Among the honors she received: in 2005 Officier des Arts et des Lettres, by the French Ministry of Culture; in 2007 the Ambrogino d’Oro award from the City of Milan for the creation of the FuoriSalone, in 2014 the ITA Italian Talent Award by the Chamber of Deputies in Rome. She has been the Italian Ambassador of Design for Italian Design Day in March 2017 in Mexico City, and in March 2018 and 2019 in Madrid. In 2019 she received Medalla Anáhuac en Diseño, Mexico City. In September 2020 she received the Compasso d’Oro ADI award for the career. In July 2022 the TAO Award for Design.

Andrey Bokov Doctor of Architecture, Vice-president of International Academy of architecture (IAA), president of the Eurasian branch of IAA (MAAM), Member of the European Society of Culture.

Academician Andrey Bokov is the author of more than a hundred city-planning and architectural projects. Architectural design includes more than 100 realized projects, among main realized projects are: experimental residential area in Nizhny Novgorod; the Pavilion No. 4 at All-Russian Exhibition Centre; V.V. Mayakovsky Museum on Lubyanka Square; A. Pushkin Museum in Prechistenka St.; office buildings at Savinskaya Embankment, Gilyarovsky St. and Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky L.; “Locomotive” football stadium, covered skating centre in Krylatskoye, “Megasport” Ice Palace; oval apartment blocks on Khodynka area; K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Theatre, etc.

Andrey Bokov published two books and over 50 articles in national and foreign issues. Many of them were awarded Union of Architects’ prizes. He conducted theoretical research of urban and environmental design and development of social infrastructure. He is one of the creators of the “environmental approach in architecture”. For many years worked as a consultant and workshop leader in the Senezh Design Studio, a professional and academic center for environmental and urban design. He was a teacher in Moscow Architectural Institute, in State University on Land Development, in Sourikov Moscow Artistic High School. As a regular participant in international professional competitions has been awarded over 40 times.

Established in the year 2003 in the city of Pune, VDGA works as a studio, deriving architectural solutions through study, analysis and exploration of visual, spatial, formal, social and technological ideas. Founder & Principal Architect Deepak Guggari has won the 60 National & International Awards of High repute.

Studio VDGA goal lies in creating ‘timeless meaningful spaces’ which induce harmony, happiness & peace in the lives of the users. We endeavor to create more than just architecture, a lifestyle for the occupants.

Simple intelligent ideas such as optimum use of natural light, ventilation & locally available natural building materials and techniques have been our continuous effort.

Studio believe in creating architecture, which primarily responds to its users and context more than defining a signature style for us. We also believe that the beauty lies in detailing and it is our constant effort to work till the minute details, understanding the needs of the user.

Studio VDGA designs imbibe a synergy of the traditional and the modern elements. There designs are contemporary yet deeply rooted to the place and its context.

The Studio has a range of ongoing projects, which includes hospitality (hotels & resorts), institutional, residential, corporate & neighborhood development projects in India, U.A.E & Vietnam. Works of the studio have been widely published, awarded and recognised in the best architectural, hospitality and travel forums worldwide. Awards of high repute such as JK Cement Architect of the Year Awards, ArchDaily Building of Year, Dezeen London, Deezeen Interior designer of the year Public vote Award, IIID Awards, NDTV Awards, CNBC Awards and A+D Awards have further acknowledged studio’s efforts.

More about www.vdga.in/index.php

Co-Founder of the Amsterdam-based studio Scholten & Baijings until 2019, Carole Baijings is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, innovative and dynamic industrial designers in Europe. A self-confessed perfectionist, her work – which includes ceramics, glassware, textiles, furniture and electronics – is distinguished by a carefully considered use of colour, pattern and graphic elements. Her eye for detail is well-known. This has resulted in numerous partnerships with brands such as Samsung, IKEA, MINI, HAY, Herman Miller, Karimoku New Standard and Maharam among others.

Always looking to challenge and rethink the way people interact and live with design, Baijings’ work has been featured in prestigious institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Rijksmuseum.

“My design philosophy has always been the ‘Atelier-way-of-working’. That means that I hand-make my own colours, materials, and models and in doing so create new and unique shapes and forms. I have an eye for detail, and working by hand allows me to achieve that precision – whether it’s finding that exact shade of fluorescent pink or slightly tweaking the proportions of a seat for a more comfy sit.

Colour is my truest passion. It’s at the heart of what I design and something I like to toggle with from start to finish. Colour, and with it ideas of transparency, layering and grids have the potential to add so much dimensionality to a piece — it’s so much more than just the icing on the cake!

Nature is a big inspiration for my work. I like to say that flowers can never be too vulgar, no matter how bright they are. So that’s something I’m constantly challenging myself to further explore: how can I incorporate these bold colours whilst still achieving a sense of refinement?

I’m certainly no stranger to a touch of fluorescent – in fact, it’s almost become a signature. It used to be a real challenge to produce these fluorescents in different materials but over time and with the introduction of colour-fast inks, it’s increasingly achievable. To say I’m pleased is an understatement.

I’ve been fortunate to work with prestigious brands and museums – all of which have their own unique ethos and history. Understanding this DNA and exactly what each brand stands for is my starting place and a great source of inspiration. When collaborating, I strive for a finished product where we can honestly say that we see reflections of both our identities.”

Moench is an internationally experienced architect and urban designer of public and private projects of all sizes. As a Brazilian-German, who spends his professional life between Europe, Latin America and Asia, he fosters an approach to architecture revolving around the fruitful dialogue between culture-specific vernacular architecture and the universal values of modern architecture.

He has received many prestigious awards, among which are the „Europe 40under40 Award“, which recognized Moench as one of Europe‘s 40 most promising emerging architects under the age of 40, the Chicago Athenaeum‘s „International Architecture Award,“ as well as the „Faith & Form Award“ co-sponsored by the American Institute of Architects.

In 2011 D. Moench founded INUCE with offices in Switzerland and China. His work focuses on the fields of residential and office architecture, the revitalization of historic old town areas, as well as religious architecture. In addition to his professional career he served as Associate Professor at the University of Fuzhou, where he taught architectural and urban design, and is currently researching for his dissertation on the genesis of contemporary Chinese churches.

D. Moench’s work encompasses the fields of residential and office architecture, the revitalization of historic old town areas, as well as religious architecture. Some of his most noted projects are the Minjiang Lifestyle Gallery completed in 2014, the Huaxiang Christian Centre completed in 2018, as well as the Church of Luoyuan completed in 2021.

https://www.inuce.com/

With over two decades of award-winning design expertise, as Managing Director and Business Partner to Dara Huang, Dylan Wills headsthe leading Architectural and Interior Design studio Design Haus Liberty.

Dylan’s five-star hospitality portfolio credentials are complemented by a slew of exclusive luxury yachts and private aircraft designs which have set a new standard for aviation and maritime travel, as well as for luxury residential and food and beverage industry. Among his accomplishments are winning the Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) redesign competition – one of the most famous and prestigious cruise liners in the world and creating the high limits casino at Marina Bay Sands, which among others, all display splendid design concepts and craftsmanship from Dylan. Having been responsible for opening the Shanghai Design studio for leading interior architecture company Wilson Associates and having been Managing Director of both Los Angeles and Las Vegas Design studios, Dylan has a vast global experience of luxury global design and delivering world class projects.

Dylan is a visionary leader, mentor and a natural communicator. His work has taken him all around the world. Whether speaking on a design panel in Croatia or walking into a client meeting in Bali, he is always observing the architecture, food, fashion, music, religious rituals, and social customs around him.

“I love traveling the globe in search of new design work, but my favourite time is spent with the Design Haus Liberty team, watching them create. I truly believe the designers in our studio are some of the most brilliant minds in the industry today. They are the thought leaders of tomorrow, and it is a gift to watch them grow, explore and challenge the expected.”

Based in the firm’s Kensington, London office, Dylan manages DH Liberty’s client engagement and global business strategy, working in close harmony with the firm’s founder Dara Huang, to expand the company’s presence in the luxury design sector. Design Haus Liberty’s style of design attracts interest from around the world, from people who want to create space that excites, challenges and delivers.

Having worked with major developers and individuals looking to create unique homes, hotels, and restaurants in London, the USA, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Design Haus Liberty, lead the way in luxury design in their elegant and timeless style, having created illustrious designs for clients such as Cartier, LVMH, Starwood Capital, Four Seasons Hotels, Emaar and Superdry among others. Dara Huang will be shortly releasing her much awaited furniture shortly, presenting timeless contemporary pieces, carefully created with design in mind, fused with elegance and comfort.

More about https://dhliberty.com/

Simone Micheli founded the Architecture Studio in 1990 and in 2003 he created the architecture company Simone Micheli Architectural Hero together with Roberta Colla. The society is based in Florence, Milan, Puntaldìa, Dubai, Rabat and Busan. His professional activity ranges from master plans and architecture to interior, from design to visual, through graphics, communication and event organization. His creations, always sustainable and environmentally conscious, are characterized by a strong identity and uniqueness. Many are his creations for public administrations and important private clients connected to the community and to the residential world. He is the curator of thematic exhibitions — contract, but not only — at the main international architecture, design and hospitality fairs. In collaboration with Roberta Colla and his team of professionals, he holds masters, conferences, workshops and lectures at universities, cultural institutes and institutions in many cities around the world. His works have been featured in the most important international exhibitions as well as in Italian and international newspapers, magazines and periodicals.

AWARDS
• Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2020 — New York, U.S.A | The Best Luxury Hotel Architecture In Italy | for the project Aquatio — Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• Excellence Green Awards — Sustainability awards 2020 | Real Estate-Design category | for the project Aquatio — Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• Eurasian Prize 2020 — Russia | Design category | with the project Aquatio — Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• BigSEE Tourism Design Award 2020 — Ljubljana, Slovenia | with the project Aquatio — Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• OPAL — Outstanding Property Award 2020 — London, UK , category Platinum Interior design with the project Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• The 10Th Idea—Tops Award 2020 — Shenzhen, China “Best Interior Design” category Hotel Design with the project Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• Premio Regula | 100 progetti italiani 2019 — Rome, Italy “Interior Design” category with the project Lords Of Verona.
• Hotel Property Award 2018 — Monaco, Germany, Finalist Nomination, HotelForum, with the project Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa.
• Excellence Award 2017- Korea Institute of Interior Design with the project Atomic Spa.
• Codega 2016 — #lightingdesign Award, Venice and AAP- American Architectural Prize 2016 #interior, Los Angeles with the project Sarajevo Dreamy Spa.
• Best of Houzz Award 2016 — design, for the popularity of the projects selected by more than 35 millions Houzz Community users.
• 100 Eccellenze Italiane 2015 Award- Rome, Italy. Simone Micheli is among the 100 eminent personalities who represent Italian excellence;
• International Hotel and Property Awards 2015 — United Kingdom, European categories – Hotel over 200 rooms, with the interior and lighting project Barcelò Hotel Milan.
• Iconic Award 2014 — Frankfurt, Germany, “Interior” category, organized by the German Design Council, with the project RubensLuciano New Offices & Showroom, Strà, Venice.
• Best of Year Honoree 2012- New York, Usa for the “Hospitality” category, organized by Interior Design Magazine, with the project Barceló Milan Hotel
• Tre Number One Award 2011 — Venice, Italy, for the interior design and the Contemporary Spa Award 2011 in the category “Best Future Spa” — Bologna with the project Marina Verde Wellness Resort — Caorle, Venice.
• Best of Year 2010 — New York, Usa category “Beauty, Spa e Fitness”, award given by Interior Design Magazine.
• International Media Prize 2010 — Shenzen, China category Annual Club Space Award, organized by Modern Decoration Magazine in with the project Atomic Spa.
• Interior Designer of the Year 2008 — Los Angeles, Usa with the project Atomic Spa and the International Design Award 2008 — Los Angeles, Usa in the category “Interior Design” with the project New Urban Face for the province and municipality of Milan.
• International Media Prize 2008 — Shenzen, China, organized by Modern Decoration Magazine category “Annual Public Spaces Grand Award” with the project New Urban Face for the province and municipality of Milan.
• Best Interior Design and the Best Apartment Italy 2007 with the project Golfo Gabella Lake Resort for the competition “Homes Overseas Award 2007” – London

More about www.simonemicheli.com

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Maciej Franta — Polish architect, born in 1983 in Chorzów. Awarded the title of the Architect of the Year 2021 in the competition organized by The Architecture Community in 2022 and included in the list of 40 most promising young architects in the world in the plebiscite 40 under 40 2021 organized by The European Center.

Author of, inter alia, Villa Reden, one of the most awarded architectural projects in 2021. The building has won such awards as: Eurasian Prize 2021, DNA Paris Design Awards 2021, World Design Awards 2021, Architecture Masterprize 2021, Iconic Awards 2021, European Property Awards 2021, Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2022 and more.

Maciej Franta graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Krakow University of Technology in 2008, and then also doctoral studies there. He also studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Knoxville University in Tennessee. In 2007, he completed an internship at the Gensler architectural studio in New York. Since 2010, he has been running the Franta Architects Group studio in Katowice, which brings together 24 architects and deals with the design of architecture and urban planning of housing estates, public and service buildings. The studio’s projects have been awarded many times in competitions in Poland and around the world. Apart from architecture, Maciej Franta is also interested in logic, travel and future.

www.frantagroup.com

photo: Tomasz Zakrzewski

Afroditi Krassa (born 1974) is a British product designer and interior designer and founded her own design consultancy Afroditi Krassa LTD in 2002 in London. Krassa was educated at Central St Martins College of Art and Design and later on, the Royal College of Art, under architect Ron Arad.

Afroditi Studio was founded in 2002 in an old garage in South London. Founder and product designer Afroditi Krassa brought a radically new approach to hospitality design that led to the creation of some of London’s most iconic projects. From itsu to Dishoom and Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay, the holistic and conceptually driven approach resulted in brands that redefined their category.

Two decades, 150 projects & 40 design awards later, the studio has spread across 3 continents working with governments, masterplanners, developers, hotel groups, renowned chefs and mixologists to reimagine the way we consume hospitality experiences.

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Rocco Yim founded his own practice in 1979, and was one of the co-founders of Rocco Design Partners in 1982. The firm has received many local and international awards and citations for design excellence since its inception and has won its first international competition in 1983. Under his stewardship in design, the firm has grown significantly over the years both in size and reputation. Rocco has been actively involved in dialogues with the cultural and architectural communities both local and overseas. His emphasis on design excellence and social responsibility has become very much the firm’s aspiration for the future. Rocco Yim is the present Principal of Rocco Design Architects Associates, a Chinese architectural practice based in Hong Kong.

Working in a region with disparate cultural and physical landscapes, and where values from diverging times and places converge, Rocco Design’s work is grounded in the belief that architecture is the embodiment of culture – embracing and reinterpreting the past, as well as addressing modernity – and the requirements of contemporary living.

Rocco Design’s works are marked by their sensitivity and sensibility. While always eager to explore and innovate, they are nonetheless aware that architecture, rather than just an art, is ultimately the art of problem-solving.

Apart from Principal Mr. Rocco Yim, Rocco Design currently has five Directors and about 140 staff with offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Their works have been consistently awarded both locally and overseas, including a First Prize Award for the L’Opéra de la Bastille international competition in 1983, ARCASIA Gold Medals in 1994 and 2003, the Chicago Athenaeum Architectural Awards in 2006, 2011, 2013 and 2016, the Kenneth F. Brown Award in 2007, the World Architecture Festival category winner in 2011, German Design Council Awards in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and two Lu Ban Awards in 2017. The firm has exhibited four times in the Venice Biennale over the last decade, in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2012, and held its first solo exhibition at the Berlin Aedes Gallery in 2015.

https://www.rocco.hk/

Dr Jeremy Smith, Design Director Irving Smith Architects, Adjunct Associate Professor University of Auckland. Irving Smith Architects is a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout New Zealand and abroad. In his role as Design Director, Jeremy has led a range of design innovations, including winning World Timber Building of the Year and World Higher Education and Research Building of the Year at the 2021 World Architecture Festival, a Laureate of the 2021 Eurasian Prize for Architecture, the 2021 Best of the Best Green Building Prize at the Masterprize Architecture Awards, the 2021 Architizer A+ Wood & Architecture Award, The Building at the 2021 Indo-Pacific INDE Awards, a Judges Special Award at the 2020 Taipei International Design Awards, a 2019 UNESCO Award of Distinction at the Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Awards in Penang, finalist nomination for the 2019 World Small Project Prize at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam, WAF World Villa of the Year in Berlin 2017 and Highly Commended in Singapore 2015. ISA have received multiple New Zealand Architecture Awards in public, commercial and residential categories, been a finalist for the New Zealand Architecture Medal, won the Spatial Purple Pin at the NZ Best Design and twice been awarded NZ’s national timber design award. Recent publications include Architecture Magazine, Architecture Record, Elle, Vogue and GQ Magazine.

Jeremy writes for Architecture New Zealand, and has lectured widely about the practice’s work, including in Spain, Singapore, Germany, USA, Holland, India, and France. He recently spoke at the Design Excellence in Timber and Wood Symposium at the Fay Jones School of Architecture, Arkansas and in a 9-stop lecture tour through American Universities, including FJSOA, Taliesin West, Kentucky State, Mississippi State, Rural Studio, Kentucky State, Columbus Indiana, Carnegie Mellon, with a swansong at the New York League of Architects. Jeremy represented New Zealand at the 2015, 2018 and 2020 Prague International Architecture Festivals with a series of exhibitions developing the idea of participating with existing landscapes before generating new contexts, what he calls Soft Architecture. Jeremy was an International Juror for the Indian Institute of Architects National Awards in 2019, has judged the NZIA New Zealand Architecture Awards, and at World Architecture Festivals in Singapore, Berlin, and Amsterdam, and has been invited to judge in Lisbon 2022. He also judged the 2020,2021 WAF China Awards, the 2021 Muse Awards out of New York, the Italian 2020-2022 A’Design International Design Awards. He is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, and an International Advisor to the Saveetha College of Architecture and Design in Chennai, India. Jeremy is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Auckland where he teaches an iterative design studio at Masters level, won Victoria University of Wellington’s Centennial Medal for post-graduate academic achievement and has a design based PHD undertaken between practice commitments; finding time, he suggests, at airports and while his kids are at parties. The return to academia has allowed Jeremy to merge what are often divergent disciplines in New Zealand architecture. Key to his practice, teaching and research, is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes. His work across a wide range of scales and typologies shows that architecture benefits from a continual dialogue and iterative participation between building and context. And with Soft Architecture comes the question, is being finished finished?

http://www.isarchitects.nz/

Beatrice Galilee is a London-born curator, writer and cultural advisor who is internationally recognized for her expertise in global contemporary architecture and design. She is the author of Radical Architecture of the Future, published by Phaidon in 2021, and between 2014-2019 served as the first curator of contemporary architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Currently living in New York, Ms Galilee is co-founder and executive director of The World Around, a new platform for contemporary design and architecture that is in residence at the Guggenheim Museum. Beatrice is a visiting associate professor at Pratt Institute where she lectures on curating.

Beatrice served as chief curator of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale; co-curator of 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, co-curator of 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Between 2010-2012 she launched and co-directed The Gopher Hole, an experimental exhibition and project space in London.

Between 2006-2009 she served the award-winning architecture editor of Icon Magazine, one of Europe’s leading publications in architecture and design, and is a respected critic: her reviews, profiles and features on contemporary design have been published in a number of international magazines and books as well as daily newspapers, including e-Flux, CNN Style, Vogue Italia, Art Review, Domus, Abitare, MARK, Tank, Pin-Up, Above, Building Design, Architectural Review, Architecture Today, RIBA Journal, Architect’s Journal, DAMn, Frame, Wallpaper, Another Magazine. the Serpentine Pavilion catalogue.

Davide Angeli —Deputy Studio Director, Head of International Business of the AMDL CIRCLE, Italy.

After completing his studies in Product Design at the IED in Milan, he won the Top Young Italian Industrial Designer Award establishing by the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and in 2004 he began collaborating with Michele De Lucchi on research and sculpture projects. Today he is Deputy Director and Head of International Business at AMDL CIRCLE and coordinates the projects by defining concepts and managing the needs of mainly international clients. Davide valorizes the identity of the studio and its ethical approach towards the person, ensuring that it is applied throughout all the various disciplines and promoting its values in conferences and lectures. He has worked with Poltrona Frau, Moschino, Azimut Yachts, Lavazza, Molteni, iGuzzini, Unifor, Riva 1920, Enel and for institutions such as the Triennale Milano, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome and the Reggia di Venaria near Turin. He oversaw the graphics and brand identity for Intesa Sanpaolo, Banca Popolare Italiana and Zambon SpA. Since 2008 he has taught Furniture Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.

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Totan Kuzembaev was born in the Chimkent region of Kazakhstan. He received his architectural education in Moscow. After graduating from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1982, he began his career as an architect-urban planner. In 2002 he founded his own architectural practice. The main activity of the architectural practice is the design of individual objects of varying complexity and purpose. The founder of the studio, architect Totan Kuzembaev, is the author of many original buildings. Under his leadership, many private and public projects were developed and implemented. Many years of experience in creative work and participation in dozens of Russian and international competitions allow us to choose and apply the most original and modern ideas and solutions.

The brand of the studio was the creation of the atmosphere of the famous Pirogovo resort. Outside Moscow, ideally adapted to the needs of the people living there, a pioneer of works in the field of encyclopedias of modern architecture (Phaidon, etc.) and awarded with prestigious international awards.

Credo of the architectural studio:
– architecture beyond stereotypes;
– each client is unique, each place is specific;
— creative dialogue with the customer — the way to new non-trivial solutions;
— we work for smart people.