AKIA - Architects Competitors

We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces that work in synchronicity with their surroundings. Zaha Hadid, founding partner of Zaha Hadid Architects, was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004 and is internationally known for her built, theoretical and academic work. Each of her dynamic and innovative projects builds on over thirty years of revolutionary experimentation and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design. Working with senior office partner Patrik Schumacher, Hadid’s interest is in the rigorous interface between architecture, landscape, and geology as the practice integrates natural topography and human-made systems that lead to experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. Such a process often results in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms.

Founded by Sir Robert Matthew and Stirrat Johnson-Marshall in 1956, RMJM is one of the largest, most geographically and culturally diverse architecture firms in the world. With studios across five continents, the RMJM family can share knowledge, expertise and design talent, enabling them to think quicker and act faster. Working stronger together, they are global enough to make a difference while still being local enough to be personal. Through their shared vision of success, RMJM has spent more than 70 years creating a legacy of world-class design. Since RMJM was established in 1956, it has seen (and often participated in) some of the most significant architectural transformations of the last three generations. From 1970s camel racing grandstands in Dubai to terminals in Russia’s busiest airport in 2019, RMJM has worked on some truly unique and iconic projects, including the record-breaking Lakhta Centre, the LEED award-winning Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and the world's first and only rotating boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel.

Global Architectural Development led by design principal Gokhan Avcioglu works with a dedicated, international team of architects to produce forward looking architecture at a global scale. GAD believes that media, technological innovation and the rapidly changing patterns of 21st century social life influence architecture and urbanism. Over the past 30 years GAD has pioneered a sustainable approach to architecture through a strikingly wide range of work to develop an architecture responding to the rapid pace of our times. GAD’s success lies in methodical research of clients’ programmatic requirements combined with an iterative process of digital and physical modeling. GAD believes that architecture as a practice relies on understanding historical architecture movements as well as research and experimentation to develop advanced forms and materials. Since it’s foundation GAD has been producing dynamic, innovative concepts and research infused with thinking from new modes of cognitive thinking and computerized knowledge. Lead by Gokhan Avcioglu, the international staff of GAD takes a multidisciplinary approach that pushes architecture through the changing modalities of global architecture developing new areas of activity in key topics such as urbanism, ecology, agriculture and energy. The firm’s main office is in Istanbul and has additional offices in New York, London, Moscow and Dubai. GAD and Gokhan Avcioglu have designed a wide range of projects from private homes to urban master plans. While many of our realized projects are highly recognized public facilities, such as cultural centers and civic buildings, GAD has also completed several distinguished private projects including residential buildings, hotels and villas.