Studio Alhadeff

Giancarlo Alhadeff FAIA is an international architect in the truest sense of the phrase. Based in Milan and London, Alhadeff was born in Egypt, educated in Japan, and trained in architecture at Harvard (Bachelor of Arts, 1972) and Columbia (Masters of Architecture, 1975). Since establishing his own practice, Studio Alhadeff, in 1990, Alhadeff has designed residences, multi-unit housing, and commercial and retail projects around the world, from the Turkish coast to Lake Como, from Manhattan to Moscow. Even the firm’s client list—large multinational firms, jet-setting families—is quintessentially cosmopolitan. Blending in, but not fading out—Alhadeff’s work is always adapted to the requirements of the client and the demands of the site, but it’s never easily categorized, never slips into any one style or pastiche of styles. Instead, over the course of some 70 projects for corporate and private clients alike, Alhadeff has walked a fine line, combining serenity with surprise, beauty with simplicity.