Smeg is an Italian home appliance manufacturer based in Guastalla, near Reggio Emilia in the north of the Country. Smeg has subsidiaries worldwide, overseas offices and an extensive sales network.
For over 75 years now, Smeg appliances have come to be seen as tasteful and elegant solutions to the demands of contemporary living as a result of the company's partnerships with world famous architects.
Not only does Smeg have a unique profile in terms of domestic appliances, it is also renowned in professional business sectors. The Professional and Instruments divisions specialise in the area of large-scale restaurant/catering appliances and electro-medical instruments respectively.
The Smeg Group, thanks to a corporate culture which dictates that maximum emphasis be placed on product quality, technology and design, is consequently known all over the globe as one of the key representatives of "Made in Italy" standards.
Teka Group is a german multinational company, and one of the world´s leading companies in kitchen appliances and bath solutions.
Founded in Germany in 1924, for over 70 years now, Teka Group has been working on elegant, innovative and useful solutions for the home.
Nowadays, the company has 15 factories in Europe, America and Asia, and commercializes its products in 116 countries. The company has a workforce of more than 4.000 employees worldwide.
Teka Group manufactures products under different leading brands, as Teka, Küppersbusch, Intra or Thor.
OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. AMO, a research and design studio, applies architectural thinking to domains beyond.
OMA is led by seven partners – Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner – Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong and Australia.
OMA-designed buildings currently under construction are the New Museum extension in New York City, the Museo Egizio in Turin, Dhaka Tower in Bangladesh, Palais de Justice in Lille, the Hangzhou Prism, the CMG Times Center in Shenzhen, and the Bajes Kwartier in Amsterdam.
OMA’s completed projects include Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux (2024), LANTERN in Detroit (2024), Mangalem 21 in Tirana (2023), Aviva Studios – Factory International (2023), Apollolaan 171 (2023), the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (2023), Toranomon Hills Station Tower (2023), the Taipei Performing Arts Centre (2022), Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles (2022), Norra Tornen in Stockholm (2020), Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), and Potato Head Studios in Bali (2020). Earlier buildings include Fondazione Prada in Milan (2018), De Rotterdam (2013), CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012), Casa da Música in Porto (2005), the Seattle Central Library (2004), and the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003).