For the young Tokyo architect, who worked under Kengo Kuma for a decade, integrating natural elements with concrete, glass, and steel has become second nature.

RECORD presents an array of emerging firms from across the globe as its Design Vanguard 2022 winners.

Adam Frampton and Karolina Czeczek of Only If share an interest in urban planning and housing typologies, most notably affordable prototypes in unexpected places.

The London-based firm's robust, solid-seeming buildings are rich in sensation and ideas, yet retain an elemental simplicity.

In Toronto, Ja Architecture Studio works at the intersection of architectural formalism and the city.

The Brooklyn-based firm CO Adaptive focuses exclusively on renovating existing structures, transforming many of them into Passive House buildings.

Part of a younger generation of Chinese architects looking inward, Line+ seeks inspiration from the country's architectural heritage and its natural surroundings.

Tessa Kelly and Chris Parkinson of Massachusetts-based Group AU grew their practice doing community projects, some initiated and built by them.

From thoughtful refurbishments to recent cultural and civic projects, Freehaus is making its mark on the London scene.

For the Chicago-based firm, the value of architecture lies in clever formal solutions that improve quality of life.