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Atelier Thomas Pucher is an international architecture company based in Graz, Austria, founded in 2005 by Thomas Pucher.

Atelier Thomas Pucher’s designs arise from meticulous research, grasping the spirit of the site from an attentive analysis of the context and its history. Equally, the specific character of the program and of its future users, the ecology and sustainability of the built or even the structural elements that supports the building are some of the fundamental themes that contributes to generate the project. Through a holistic understanding of the needs of the surroundings and of the building – both present and latent – we believe that our projects can create an honest dialog with its vicinity and seamlessly integrate itself in the context and in simultaneous, strengthen the spirit of the place.

Atelier Thomas Pucher acknowledge the major role of architecture in the life of the people and therefore we undertake the responsibility and the commitment of a design of excellence in every scale of architecture. From the masterplan to the constructive detail, we are always guided by the main concept and the concerns that characterize each specific project. The same attention and accuracy in design is applied to every stage of the construction, in order to achieve a coherent result between the project and the final building.

Diversity has been always a key element in our work, applicable both in program and in scale. Reinventing our design methods, concepts and views is basal in our approach, aiming always for the best answer for each project, with its unique program, situation and people.

Since its the foundation,Atelier Thomas Pucher won over 30 competitions across the world, such as the Headquarters for the OIC in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2008), the new seat for the Sinfonia Varsovia, in Warsaw, Poland (2010). Just in 2011, Atelier Thomas Pucher won the first prize in open competition for the Tallinn Music School, Ballet School and Georg Ots Music School in Estonia (2011), the competition for the China North City, Apartments & Shopping Center, in Tianjin, China; the third prize in the invited competition for the Wimmer Medien Business Centre and Urban Development in Linz, Austria and the first prize in the open competition for the extension of the Salzburg Regional Hospital, in Salzburg, Austria. Allied to that, Atelier Thomas Pucher is also involved in architectural and urban planning projects in Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Armenia, China, Taiwan, South Korea, among others.

Significant projects

 * LKH Salzburg Hospital, Salzburg, Austria; 89.000m2	 int. competition 1st prize;		2010-2014
 * Wimmer Medien Business Centre and Urban Development, Linz, Austria; 33 600m2	inv. competition 3rd prize;		2011
 * Tallinn Music School, Music High School, Ballet School and Dormitory Tallinn, Estonia; 18 200 m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2011-2014
 * China North City, Apartments & Shopping Center; 780.000m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2011-2014
 * Concert Hall Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw, Poland; 32.000m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2010-2016
 * Spar Markt Vogau, Austria; 1.900m²	2010-2011
 * School Campus Amstetten, Austria; 11.000m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2009-2013
 * Berufsschule Waldegg, Austria; 9.000m²	int. competition 2nd prize;		2009
 * Yerevan Business Centre, Armenia; 300.000m²	int. competition 3rd prize;		2009
 * Museum of Natural History, Copenhagen, Denmark; 14.000m²	int. competition hon. men		2009
 * Yeosu, Central Pavilion for EXPO 2012, South Korea; 12.000m²	int. competition hon. men		2009
 * Graz Reininghaus, Masterplan, Austria; 1,1km²	inv. competition 1st prize;		2009-2010
 * Muchargasse Apartment Building, Graz, Austria; 4.000m²	inv. competition 1st prize;		2008-2012
 * Saubermacher Headquarter, Graz, Austria; 8.600m²	inv. competition 1st prize;		2008-2011
 * Spar Markt Gamlitz, Austria; 1.800m²			2008-2009
 * Art Factory, Tartu, Estonia; 26.000m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2008
 * Town Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 120.000m²	int. competition 2nd prize;		2007
 * The Residence, urban development, Riga, Latvia; 1,6km²	inv. competition hon. men		2007
 * Nikolaiplatz Office Building, Graz; 1.200m²	inv. competition 1st prize		2007-2011
 * Welcome Tower Office Building, Graz; 8.600m²			2007-2009
 * Jõekaare Housing Development Tartu, Estonia; 29.200m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2006-2014
 * O.I.C. Headquarter Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 72.000m²	int. competition 1st prize;		2006-2016
 * First City Masterplan, South Korea; 1,1km²	inv. competition hon. men;		2006
 * Yeon Meong, Masterplan for a Capital City, South Korea; 73km²	int. competition 2nd prize;		2006
 * Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia; 28.600m²	int. competition 3rd prize;		2006
 * EFKON Office Building, Graz, Austria; 6.800m²	inv. competition 1st prize		2005-2008
 * Sanatorium for Coma Vigil Patients, Mariahof, Austria;
 * The Living Flat, Masterplan, Barcelona, Spain;