Architecture Studio

Founded: 2009
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Offices: Vienna · Lisbon · Warsaw
Team Size: 34 architects & engineers
Projects Completed: 80+
Countries Active: 12

Studio is an independent architecture practice founded in Vienna in 2009 by Elena Hofer and Marek Zawadzki. Over fifteen years the studio has grown from a two-person office into a thirty-four-strong team of architects, structural engineers and landscape specialists working from three European cities.

Our work spans cultural institutions, civic infrastructure, educational campuses and private residences — united not by typology but by a shared commitment to material rigour, contextual sensitivity and long-term environmental performance.

Elena Hofer
Founding Partner

Studied at TU Wien and ETH Zürich. Led the studio’s cultural and public sector work since founding. Visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Former associate at Herzog & de Meuron, Basel.

Marek Zawadzki
Founding Partner

Graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. Leads infrastructure and residential projects. Serves on the jury of the Mies van der Rohe Award.

Isabelle Renard
Founding Partner

Environmental engineer and architect with a master’s from EPFL Lausanne. Oversees energy modelling, material specification and environmental certification across all active projects.