We have no preconceptions – but we do have an obligation to address the global issues we all continue to face. In our work over 100+ projects in 40+ countries, we go beyond the specific brief, the site, and its physicality, beyond convention, with an open and impartial approach. We work beyond the usual disciplines, seeking collaborations and solutions with the like-minded, the equally committed, with those who recognize the need to look at the world with a fresh and critical eye.
GA benefits from the experience acquired by Philip Gillard at the helm of several architectural firms since 2000. Today, our multicultural teams, composed of more than 130 professionals, carry out more than fifty projects worldwide. All skills are combined within the Ateliers, in the fields of architecture, urban planning, landscape design, graphic design, interior design, image creation, and modelling, maximising collaboration across disciplines.
Our collective Ateliers are all eager to explore how architecture (design?) can meet the needs of, and improve, our rapidly and radically changing world. The approach driving everything within our Atelier is to lead from human experience, rather than any fixed design belief, becoming the DNA of our practice.
Philip Gillard, RIBA
Founding Partner and Managing Principal
Partners
The collaborative way of working between Partners in the design process has been developed over many years, allowing the practice to grow whilst pursuing its distinctive innovative spirit. The management structure follows similar cooperative principles.
Partners are architects who manage a portfolio of projects with a geographic or typological focal point. Each project is led by a Partner in Charge and is accompanied by one or more “Coupling Partners”, the latter giving higher level input and acting as sounding boards throughout the project’s design lifecycle. Through this, we continuously reinforce the quality of all aspects of a project.