Studio Echelman Competitors

Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, all rooted in sustainability and founded by Norman Foster in 1967. Since then, he and the team around him have established an international practice with a worldwide reputation. With offices across the globe, we work as a single studio that is both ethnically and culturally diverse.

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.

One of the best known illumination brands in the world, Artemide, known for its "The Human Light" philosophy, has become synonymous with design, quality and innovation. Founded in 1960s, the Artemide Group is one of the global leaders of the residential illumination sector and high end professional and contract lighting. Artemide has always collaborated with renowned international designers, contributing to the history of the international design with products like Eclisse (1967, from Vico Magistretti), Tolomeo (1989, from Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina) and Pipe (2004, from Herzog & De Meuron), all showed at the Compasso D'oro Awards. In 1994 Artemide received The "Compaso D'oro" career Award and European Design Prize In 1997. The Artemide Lamps are today considered as Design Icons of contemporary design; being exhibited in most museums of modern art and design collections.