Rafael Viñoly
This year Rafael Viñoly Architects was primarily in spotlight for building-related debacles.
Marcel Wanders
Ron Arad
Pritzker Prize
Architecture's equivalent to the Nobel, the Pritzker Prize is awarded every year to an architect or architects whose work demonstrates a consistent and significant contribution to society. Previous winners have included Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Peter Zumthor, Richard Rogers and the late Zaha Hadid.
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Jean Nouvel
French architect Jean Nouvel spent a lot of time in the news at the start of 2015, after he publicly disowned his Philharmonie de Paris. He seemed to be keeping a low profile after that, which could be the reason he ranked further down the Hot List than we might expect.
Lipton Plant Architects
Hayo Gebauer
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
IDEO
Droog
Aecom
PLP Architecture
Maggie’s Centres
Maggie's is a charity that provides support to people with cancer and their families. The organisation has worked with some of the world's most famous names in architecture, including Norman Foster, Snøhetta and OMA to establish Maggie's Centres throughout the UK.
Alvar Aalto
David Adjaye
David Adjaye has had a lot to shout about in the last year. With a host of new projects, competition wins and building completions, the London-based architect emerged as a genuine global superstar.
3XN
Bernard Tschumi
Oscar Niemeyer
Pedrali
Soho House
Coca-Cola
Ma Yansong/MAD
MAD Architects made headlines this year with its sinuous Harbin Opera House in China, which was captured in a dramatically snowy set of images by the photographer Iwaan Ban.