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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global practice of architects, designers, engineers, and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces. The firm’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is engaged in a wide range of international projects, with creative studios based across the globe. In 2026, SOM was named one of the Most Innovative Companies in Architecture by Fast Company and received the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The firm’s portfolio includes numerous innovative landmark towers, including the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, One World Trade Center in New York, and Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, as well as large-scale urban planning initiatives that integrate density, mobility, and sustainability—including the award-winning Sultan Haitham City in Muscat, Oman, and the recently unveiled masterplan for Bradfield City, Australia’s first new city in more than a century.

NBBJ is an ideas-driven architecture and design firm dedicated to creating connected communities, healthier buildings and a more resilient environment. We partner with industry leaders like Amazon, BlackRock, Samsung, Tencent and WarnerBros. Discovery, as well as world-renowned institutions such as the University of Oxford, Atrium Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the NHS to design dynamic, human-centered environments that spark innovation and elevate well-being. With a global network of architects, planners, researchers, strategists, nurses and interior designers across North America, Europe and Asia, we are united by a shared belief: that design can make the world more inspiring, inclusive and enduring. Recent Recognition for Our Work and Impact: 🏆 TIME100 Most Influential Company 🌀 6× Fast Company Most Innovative 🏅 2× AIA 2025 National Awards 🌟 Modern Healthcare Best in Business

David Chipperfield Architects was founded in London by David Chipperfield in 1985. The practice has since won numerous international competitions and built over 100 projects. Its diverse international body of work includes cultural, residential, commercial and educational buildings and spaces for both the private and public sectors, as well as civic projects and urban masterplans. Studios in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai and Santiago de Compostela contribute to the wide range of projects and typologies. Together, the five offices drive common architectural ambitions and share a commitment to the collaborative aspect of creating architecture. This family of studios is complemented by David Chipperfield Design and Fundación RIA – a non-profit research initiative based in Galicia – which expand the scale of architectural practice from details of product design to strategies of territorial masterplanning. The practice’s work is characterised by meticulous attention to the concept and details of every project, and a relentless focus on refining design ideas to arrive at a solution which is architecturally, socially, and intellectually coherent. David Chipperfield Architects has won more than 100 international awards and citations for design excellence, including the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2007 for The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany, and both the Mies van der Rohe Award (European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture) and the Deutscher Architekturpreis in 2011 for the Neues Museum, Berlin.