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  • Philipp Broinger

Philipp Broinger

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

In a world of change - demographic, digital and climatic - certainties we once took for granted are falling away. This makes places where people come together more important than ever. Such spaces must
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  • Jurtin Hajro

Jurtin Hajro

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

What is still worth creating is what cannot be calculated. A building can satisfy every demand of area, light, and energy and still leave the person inside it untouched. People are not only bodies
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  • Tania Monics and Rafaela Vieira

Tania Monics and Rafaela Vieira

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We believe it is worth creating connections that carry something forward. PIETRA began with the image of stones shaped slowly by time, an observation of nature translated into an object for one of our most
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  • Maria & Pepi Freund

Maria & Pepi Freund

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We live in a time when almost anything seems possible. Technology is becoming faster, smarter and increasingly part of our everyday lives. But the more that becomes possible, the more important another question becomes
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  • Christian Ambos

Christian Ambos

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What really drives us in our practice is dialogue and human interaction. We develop projects in very close dialogue with our clients. We like to create spaces that can easily adapt in
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  • Savvas Alexandrou

Savvas Alexandrou

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In Cyprus the question is unavoidable. We build fast here, and mostly for the market: towers sold before the foundations are poured, identical villas rotated towards the same sea view, land treated as a product
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  • Alessandro Crosera

Alessandro Crosera

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I believe it is still worth creating objects that establish a genuine relationship with people. In a world already full of products, design should not simply add something new, but offer a reason for
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  • Elisa Manelli

Elisa Manelli

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In a world where speed has become the pivot of design, true value lies in slow listening and in detail. Against urban interventions built in haste as the political signature of whoever is in office,
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  • Miguel Crespo Picot

Miguel Crespo Picot

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

Creating is always worthwhile. To create is to move forward, to question what already exists and to imagine new ways of living, connecting with one another and understanding our surroundings. In architecture, every project
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  • Shuichi Hiromoto

Shuichi Hiromoto

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We live in an age when technology can not only meet our needs, but even anticipate them. Yet much of this still operates within concepts and definitions built over generations. I look at the
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  • Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe

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Buildings with a clear sense of purpose. Anyone can build an expensive house or an impressive winery, but that alone doesn’t make it meaningful. We always try to understand the why behind a project:
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  • Andreea Ivanescu

Andreea Ivanescu

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

Hello, my name is Andreea Ivanescu, I'm from Romania and I'm the head of design department at Bemel. What is still worth creating? For us, schools. Not just in big cities, but
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  • Matej Kušević

Matej Kušević

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In a time when an algorithm can produce a perfect image in seconds, I believe what is still worth creating is what cannot be generated: a sense of belonging, meaning, and spaces that truly
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  • Mohammad Kanisavaran

Mohammad Kanisavaran

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

What is worth creating depends on who is answering the question, and on the social, cultural, and economic context they live in. What may seem like an ending in one society can still be
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  • Luigi Cafiero

Luigi Cafiero

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

The history of architecture has always reflected human evolution and how we inhabit spaces - both indoors and outdoors - down to our relationship with individual design objects. As long as designers are called
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  • Ivo Vaz Barbosa, Ricardo Acosta and Tomé Capa

Ivo Vaz Barbosa, Ricardo Acosta and Tomé Capa

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

The In-Between. In architecture, we believe it is no longer about choosing between the ostentation of luxury and the predictable simplicity of the generic. The true value lies on the frontier. It is worth
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  • Liza Idziorek

Liza Idziorek

Magazine, Reflections, Reflections 2027|

We believe in creating spaces that embrace human life rather than demanding perfection. In a world increasingly driven by automation and efficiency, we must design places that offer refuge, warmth, and a genuine sense
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