Sou Fujimoto
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto is best known for the ethereal and ephemeral Serpentine Gallery Pavilion he built in 2013. This year he created an even more intangible installation for fashion brand COS that was literally smoke and mirrors – and light.
Jonathan Tuckey
Kengo Kuma
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma hit the news at the end of last year after winning a competition to design a new National Stadium in Tokyo, which will serve as the centrepiece of the 2020 Olympics.
IMM Cologne
Li Edelkoort
One of our biggest scoops of 2015 was our exclusive interview with leading trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, who announced that "fashion is dead". The provocative interview, in which she described fashion as "a ridiculous and pathetic parody of what it has been," was widely reported by other
Camper
Brands such as Aesop and Dior have made a point of commissioning different architects to design their stores around the world, but the pioneer of this approach was Spanish footwear brand Camper.
Acne Studios
We only wrote one story about Swedish fashion house Acne Studios, but it was popular enough to earn it a place in our Hot List.
Microsoft
Louis Kahn
Iris van Herpen
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen works with cutting-edge materials and techniques, in particular exploring how 3D printing can be harnessed to make clothing.
MVRDV
Dutch studio MVRDV would have been placed highly in our Hot List under any circumstances – but its high ranking this year is due to the extraordinary popularity of its recent Chanel store facade in Amsterdam, which is made of glass bricks.
David Chipperfield
London architect David Chipperfield can do no wrong in the eyes of our readers. His quietly austere brand of modernism doesn't scream for attention, yet avoids being formulaic.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Studio Mumbai
SANAA
Like Peter Zumthor, Japanese duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA enjoy a cult-like status in the architecture world. And like Zumthor, they are publicity shy and haven't built as prolifically as some of their famous peers.
Grimshaw
Competition wins and ambitious proposals helped cement a top-100 Hot List ranking for Nicholas Grimshaw's London firm.
Haptic
London- and Oslo-based Haptic has been slowly establishing its reputation since launching in 2009, but there was one project in particular that raised its profile last year – a proposal for contemporary properties in a conservation area in London's Chelsea. It was a huge hit with Dezeen readers, partly due to the
Lacaton & Vassal
Snarkitecture
Issey Miyake
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake turns 79 next spring but his brand is still a major player. This year the fashion house unveiled a new technique for pleating fabric that involved applying glue and baking garments in an oven. Our post about the resulting Spring Summer 2016 collection was one
Marcio Kogan/Studio MK27
Studio MK27 is the Brazilian firm led by Marcio Kogan, an architect who started his career as a movie director.
Santiago Calatrava
The past year has been a roller coaster of highs and lows for Santiago Calatrava, the architect Dezeen readers tend to either love or hate.
Dior
Legendary French fashion house Dior has been busy over the past few years commissioning new stores around the world from a range of different architects. Our readers have noticed, and propelled the 70-year-old brand to number three in our fashion list.