Founded in Florence in 1988 by Laura Andreini, Marco Casamonti and Giovanni Polazzi, Archea Associati is today a network of more than 100 architects who work in the 6 branches located in Florence, Genoa, Milan, Rome, Beijing and Dubai. The interests and research activities of the firm range from the landscape to the city, from construction to design and the projects vary from graphic design to publishing, to exhibitions and events. The complementariness and transition from a variety of scales ranging from criticism to the building site, makes it possible to operate in a manner that contemplates all aspects and elements of architectural design.The founding partners were joined in 1999 by Silvia Fabi who coordinates the design activities of Studio Archea in Florence, in 2004 by Massimiliano Giberti who is in charge of the Genoa branch.


Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainò are architects interested in experimentation through their planning practice, theoretical research and critical thinking about architecture, contemporary design and graphics. In 2002 they establish BRH+ a firm devoted to design characterized by a comprehensive approach, derived from the concept of architecture practice open to the convergence of disciplines. Their architectural projects – at different use, various scale and realized worldwide – are featured in numerous Italian and international magazines (Domus, Abitare, Interni, The Plan, Frame, Bob Magazine Korea, DHD, Monocle, Icon Design). In 2010 BRH+ was selected to be part of the exhibition Young Italian Architects at the Triennale di Milano, where the best projects realized by Italian architects under 40 are shown. In 2014 IN Residence Diary #5 Little Daily Wonders was included in ADI Design Index 2014, that collects, year after year, the best of Italian Design put into production selected by ADI Design Permanent Observatory. Conceivers of many exhibitions and editorial projects, they are curators of the IN Residence project as well as all the events correlated to it, such as annual thematic workshops, the collective exhibitions Ten Small Atlases (Milan 2010), Another Terra (Milan, Basel, Venice Biennale, Kortijk Biennale Interieur 2012), Desiderabilia (Milan 2014), The Reading Ritual (Milan 2015), TALISMAN (Milan 2017), a series of public talks Design that Talks! and the collection of books Design Dialogues published by Corraini Edizioni.