fifty-five architecture firms i like to follow but do not
Pinpointing inspiration is a difficult partly because allegiances shift and practices evolve. In principle to follow someone’s work is a matter of taste, an inclination to a particular style doesn’t quite hold ground. This, of course, should be noted as hanging on to a style isn’t a thing anymore. We are argued (by Marc Kushner) to be in the age of experimentation. Mostly a quasi-lethargic stance, a position such as this is, well somewhat, required as it’s more than ever (maybe) difficult to find patterns leading to a systemic movement. Either lack of intellectual rigor to inspire or framing the popular consumable information model inspiration for any design task is murky ground. Building up from all this mush is a follow list. In spirit, it reflects the popular format of social networking sites but without its algorithms.
01] http://siteenvirodesign.com/ _ James Wines, Denise Mc Lee, Sara Stracey, Kriz Kizak, Stomu Miyazaki, Joshua Weinstein
02] http://www.bolles-wilson.com/ _ Julia B. Bolles-Wilson, Peter L. Wilson
03] http://www.chora.org/ _ Raoul Bunschoten
04] http://massdesigngroup.org/ _ Michael Murry, Alan Ricks
05] http://studiogang.net/ _ Jeanne Gang, Mark Schendel, Greg Ggarmisa
06] http://www.mystudio.us/ _ J. Meejin Yoon, Eric Höweler
07] http://www.smoutallen.com/ _ Mark Smout, Laura Allen
08] http://www.unstudio.com/ _ Ben Van Berkel, Caroline Bos
09] http://www.tschumi.com/ _ Bernard Tschumi, Véronique Descharrières, Joel Rutten
10] http://www.eisenmanarchitects.com/ _ Peter Eisenman, Richard Rosson
11] http://www.johnpawson.com/ _ John Pawson
12] http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/ _ Wolf D. Prix
13] http://ericowenmoss.com/ _ Eric Owen Moss
14] http://www.nox-art-architecture.com/ _ Lars Spuybroek
15] http://www.mecanoo.nl/ _ Francine M. J. Houben, Aart Fransen, Francesco Veenstra, Ellen van der Wal, Paul Ketelaars, Dick van Gameren
16] http://www.mvrdv.nl/ _ Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
17] http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/ _ David Chipperfield
18] http://arandalasch.com/ _ Benjamin Aranda, Chris Lasch
19] http://www.dogma.name/about.html _ Pier Vittorio Aureli, Martino Tattara
20] http://www.sanaa.co.jp/ _ Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa
21] http://www.rex-ny.com/ _ Joshua Prince-Ramus, Michael Volk, Isabelle Moutaud
22] http://www.adjaye.com/ _ David Adjaye, Alice Asafu-Adjaye, Lucy Tilley
23] http://www.rsh-p.com/ _ Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk, Ivan Harbour, Mike Davies, Andrew Morris, Lennart Grut, Richard Paul, Ian Birtles, Simon Smithson
24] http://www.samjacob.com/ _ Sam Jacob
25] http://azpml.com/ _ Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Maider Liaguno
26] http://www.crab-studio.com/ _ Sir Peter Cook, Gavin Robotham
27] http://oma.eu/ _ Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, David Gianotten, Chris van Duijn, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Jason Long, Michael Kokora
28] http://www.i-mad.com/ _ Ma Yansong
29] http://www.msafdie.com/ _ Moshe Safdie
30] http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/WWW/index/index_en.html _ Toyo Ito
31] http://www.shoparc.com/ _ Christopher Sharples, Coren Sharples, Gregg Pasquarelli, Kimberly Holden, Vishaan Chakrabarti, William Sharples
32] http://www.reiser-umemoto.com/ _ Jesse Reiser, Nanako Umemoto
33] http://www.h2oarchitectes.com/en/ _ Charlotte Hubert, Jean-Jacques Hubert, Antoine Santiard
34] http://nigelcoates.com/ _ Nigel Coates
35] http://www.nlarchitects.nl/ _ Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse and Mark Linnemann
36] http://www.powerhouse-company.com/ _ Nanne de Ru and Charles Bessard
37] http://grimshaw-architects.com/ _ Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
38] https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html _ Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
39] http://www.isozaki.co.jp/ _ Arata Isozaki
40] http://kkaa.co.jp/ _ Kengo Kuma
41] http://libeskind.com/ _ Daniel Libeskind
42] http://www.hamzahyeang.com/ _ T.R. Hamzah, Ken Yeang
43] http://www.kpf.com/ _ Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, Sheldon Fox
44] http://www.jeannouvel.com/ _ Jean Nouvel
45] http://snohetta.com/ _ Craig Dykers, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
46] http://www.dsrny.com/ _ Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro
47] http://www.stevenholl.com/ _ Steven Holl
48] http://www.rvapc.com/ _ Rafael Viñoly
49] http://www.botta.ch/ _ Mario Botta
50] http://morphosis.com/ _ Thom Mayne
51] http://www.portzamparc.com/ _ Christian de Portzamparc
52] http://www.all-worldwide.com/ _ Will Alsop
53] http://www.wikihouse.cc/ _ Alastair Parvin, Justyna Swat, Justyna Swat, Alex Whitcroft
54] http://www.snarkitecture.com/ _ Alex Mustonen, Daniel Arsham
55] http://familynewyork.com/ _ Dong-Ping Wong
Postmodernists, minimalists, deconstructivists and others in between most architectural design follow lists are derivatives of allegiances developed during the period of education. Good taste of sorts (in general definitely or always argued) are impressed with the best of intentions. Either from direct copying or using them as inferences follow lists helps create the idiosyncratic style. As a method, learning from work of others (people who have made it or positioned as those who have made it) now more than ever is a mode to break away from. It’s a stance easier said than done as learning from seeing and doing is how education has coded design production. Distancing from antiquated models is the first step. What then can be the alternatives to inspiring the design professions? Where should your next muse come from? Can it be simply interdisciplinary for eg. product design inspires the production of buildings or vice-versa?