Peter Pichler Architecture is an award winning laboratory
for architecture based in Milan.
We are a young, dynamic and experimental team dedicated to developing an innovative and contemporary approach to architecture.
Understanding tradition is the key to radical evolution. Hence, we incorporate close familiarity with local culture and respect for the natural environment into every single project. This credo builds our studio’s foundations and reflects the way we work. Our vision and team are the pillars of our success.
Peter Pichler was born in Bolzano, Italy in 1982. He studied Architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where he graduated with distinction in the masterclass of Zaha Hadid, as well as in the United States at the University of California (UCLA).
During his studies, Peter joined renowned architecture offices like Zaha Hadid Architects in London, Delugan Meissl in Vienna, and OMA / Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam. After his graduation he worked as a project architect for Zaha Hadid Architects in Hamburg, researching and working on award winning projects and competitions in several countries. In 2015, he founded PETER PICHLER ARCHITECTURE in Milan together with his wife Silvana Ordinas.
Peter believes that architecture must have a strong bond with the culture and history of a specific place. He is interested in the analysis and research of vernacular architecture, materials, and elements that combined with technology can express a contemporary interpretation of the past.
He was nominated as the young Italian talent by the National Chamber of Architects in Italy and was a finalist at the Gold Medal of Architecture Prize of the Triennale di Milano and at the Dezeen Awards for Emerging Architect of the Year. He is a winner of “40 under 40” among the Best Emerging Young Architects & Designers in Europe selected by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
He is a registered Architect in Italy and a member of the Order of Architects of the province of Milan.
Silvana Ordinas was born in Mallorca, Spain in 1987. She holds an Executive Master degree in Marketing and Sales from SDA BOCCONI School of Management in Milan and ESADE Business School in Barcelona. She studied Tourism at the Universitat de les Illes Balears where she graduated in 2011.
Throughout her university studies Silvana also pursued an international modelling career, working for multiple international brands and immersing herself in the world of style and design. Following her degree Silvana joined her family real estate company in Mallorca as Project Manager, overseeing several projects from their design and construction phase to final sale, whilst supervising financial possibilities for future investments.
Towards the end of 2015 Silvana and Peter founded the architecture firm PETER PICHLER ARCHITECTURE in Milan where she is Studio Administration Manager, overseeing and directing clients, studio and financial strategies and decisions.
Our studio is located in a transformed historical warehouse in the Naviglio area of Milan.
In the 60s known as “el borgh di formaggiatt” the entire district with his canals was known for cheese ripening. The double-height space with its original arches on the interior was carefully renovated as an open space studio to enhance communication and maintain the original laboratory character.
ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE 2024
Winner, Bonfiglioli HQ, industrial building
PREMI OICE 2024
Winner, Innovazione nel’architettura
WAF AWARDS 2024
Finalist, Bonfiglioli HQ, office building
ARCHITIZER AWARDS
Finalist, Bonfiglioli HQ
PARIS DESIGN AWARD
Winner, Hotel Milla Montis Hospitality
SHENZHEN GLOBAL DESIGN AWARD
Silver Medal, Kastelaz Hof
Nomination Award, Vertical Chalets
ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE
Winner, Kastelaz Hof Residential Architecture – Single Family
SURFACE DESIGN AWARDS
Winner, Oberholz Mountain Hut
AHEAD AWARDS
Winner, Hotel Milla Montis
VENICE BIENNALE 2021
Italian pavilion curated by Alessandro Melis in the section “Best Italian Practice”
40 UNDER 40 WINNER
Best Emerging Young Architects & Designers in Europe
HOSPITALITY DESIGN AWARDS
Winner, Hotel Milla Montis Hotel Lifestyle
PREMIO INARCHITETTURA
Winner, Hotel Schgaguler, Giovani Progettisti
ARCHITIZER A+AWARD
Special Mention, Hotel Schgaguler Hospitality
INT. SPACE DESIGN AWARD IDEA TOPS
Winner, Oberholz Mountain Hut, Dining Space Category
SHENZHEN GLOBAL DESIGN AWARD
Silver Award, Oberholz Mountain Hut
LICC – LONDON CREATIVE AWARDS
Winner, Artist of the Year in Architecture
DEZEEN AWARDS
Finalist, Peter Pichler Architecture, Emerging Architect of the Year
MEDAGLIA D’ORO TRIENNALE
Finalist, Oberholz Mountain Hut, Premio T Young
INARCH NAZIONALE
Winner, Oberholz Mountain Hut, Bar Ristoranti d’Autore
ARCHILOVERS
Winner, Oberholz Mountain Hut,Bar Ristoranti d’Autore
MODERN DECORATION HOME
Winner, Oberholz Mountain Hut, Annual Restaurant Space Award
NEW ITALIAN BLOOD
3rd Prize, Peter Pichler Architecture, Italian young emerging studios
YOUNG ITALIAN ARCHITECTS, VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE
Winner, Peter Pichler Architecture
FESTA DELL’ARCHITETTO
Winner, Peter Pichler Architecture, Premio Giovane Talento dell’architettura Italiana
ASSOCIATE
Education
Architecture Degree, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
Joined PPA
2016
Nationality
Italian
PR & PRESS
Education
Degree in English Language and Literature, Yeditepe University, Turkey.
Master in Fashion Digital Marketing, Nuova Accademia di Bella Arti, Italy.
Joined PPA
2024
Nationality
Turkish
Junior Architect
Education
Architecture Degree, National Higher School of Architecture Paris-Val de Seine, France.
Master in Architecture, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Italy.
Joined PPA
2024
Nationality
Italian
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Education
Architecture and Engineering Degree, University of Bologna, Italy.
Joined PPA
2016
Nationality
Italian
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Education
Architecture Degree, Bauhaus University, Germany.
Structural Engineering Graduate, University of Kassel , Germany.
Joined PPA
2024
Nationality
German
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Education
M.Arch, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria.
B.Sc. in Architecture and Design, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Joined PPA
2020
Nationality
Danish
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Education
M.Arch, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
Joined PPA
2020
Nationality
Italian
FOUNDER & PARTNER
Education
Executive Master Degree in Marketing and Sales, SDA Bocconi Milan; ESADE Business School, Barcelona.
Degree in Tourism, University of Balearic Islands, Spain.
Joined PPA
2015
Nationality
Spanish / Finnish
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Education
M.Arch, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
B. S. Arch, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
Joined PPA
2018
Nationality
Turkish
FOUNDER & PARTNER
Education
M.Arch. University of Applied Arts of Vienna, Austria /UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, United States.
Joined PPA
2015
Nationality
Italian
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Education
Architecture Degree, Technical University of Vienna
Master of Science at Technical University of Vienna
Joined PPA
2022
Nationality
Italian
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Education
M.Eng, University of Tokyo, Japan.
B.Arch, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil.
Joined PPA
2020
Nationality
Brazilian
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Education
Architecture Degree, University of Guilan, Iran.
Master in Built Environment Interiors, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Joined PPA
2023
Nationality
Iranian