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Diener & Diener
The Basel-based international architectural firm Diener & Diener acquired this name in 1980, when Roger Diener (1950) officially joined the firm of his father, Marcus Diener (1918-1999). Active since 1942, Marcus Diener’s firm has designed a staggering number of projects (homes, offices, buildings and cinemas) in the 1950s and 1960s. When Roger joined, with projects developed together with J. Erb, D. Righetti, A. Rüedi and W. Schett, over the course of a few ....
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OPEN Architecture
Open Architecture was founded by Huang Wenjing and Li Hu in New York in 2003. Their Beijing office, opened in 2008, focuses on architectural design and urban planning, together with interior design and furnishings. After graduating from Tsinghua University, Beijing in 1996 and a Masters in Architecture from Rice University in 1998, Li Hu worked with Steven Holl Architects (SHA) from 2000 to 2010, becoming a partner in the Practice in 2005. During his time at Steven ....
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PROJECT ORANGE
The London-based architecture and design studio Project Orange (PO) was founded in 1997 by Christopher Ash and James Soane. Ash graduated from Cambridge in 1991 and then completed his training at several firms in London (including Michael Squire & Partners). Soane studied in Cambridge and graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture: until 2001, he worked in Sir Terence Conran’s design firms, where he carried out his vocational training and activities as a ....