About Us

Our work strives to enhance our sense of surroundings, identity and relationship to others and the physical spaces we inhabit, whether feral or human-made.

Selected Awards
  • 2004 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  • 2009 — Mies van der Rohe Award
  • 2013 — AIA/ALA Library Building Award
  • 2015 — Best Interior, Designers Saturday
  • 2016 — AIA New York Honor Award

INFORMATION ON COOKIES

Information gathered through cookies and other technologies

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Technical Cookies

Technical cookies are those whose use does not require a user’s consent. Among said technical cookies there are essential cookies, also called strictly necessary cookies, which enable functions without which it would not be possible to make full use of the site. These cookies are used exclusively by the company and are first-party cookies. They are saved on the user’s computer only during the current session of the browser.
A cookie of this type is also used to store the user’s decision concerning the use of cookies on the site.

Technical cookies also include those used to statistically analyse accesses or visits to the site, also called “analytics“, for exclusively statistical purposes, (not marketing or profiling) and collect information in aggregate form without the possibility of identifying the individual user. These cookies can be deactivated and/or deleted via browser settings. All modern browsers allow you to modify the cookie settings. Usually you can find these settings in the “Options” or in the “Preferences” menu of the user’s browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be useful. Or you can use the “Help” option in the browser for more information.

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Cookie settings in Chrome

Cookie settings in Safari and iOS

If you block the use of cookies, the service offered to the user through the site will be limited which affects the experience of the website itself.
Below, for each technical cookie used, we list the name, the purpose and the storage times.

Cookie Name
PurposeDuration

Analytics cookies

Cookie NameExpiration Time
Purpose
_ga2 yearsRecords a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the internet site.
_gid24 hoursRecords a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the internet site.
_gat*1 minute
Used by Google Analytics to limit the frequency of requests.

Google Analytics and Youtube

Site traffic analysis tool.

Refer to the official google documentation.

Link to the privacy policy: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/

Link to the page describing the installed cookies: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Link to the download page of the tool that allows you to disable the installation of these cookies: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout