With an internationally acclaimed body of work in cities around the globe, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) exemplifies the global architectural practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Since its founding in 1976, KPF has transformed into one of the most prolific and respected architecture firms in the world. KPF's buildings have helped shape the skylines of cities, developed new technologies that enable buildings to be more ecologically responsible and influenced the way large-scale buildings are integrated into the urban fabric of cities around the world. Working across national borders and in diverse contexts, KPF has maintained a distinctly abstract design vocabulary. Early KPF projects sought to make contextual connections to their surroundings by stitching new structures into the city fabric. Current projects respond to their contexts - urban, national, financial or cultural - with a dialogic response, negotiating place through site-specific strategies.

KPF's design studios in New York and London draw on a collective pool of experience and expertise. KPF's European research on ecological design and its Asian experiences with high-rise life safely are applied to other contexts in a process of technological cross-pollenization. KPF's practice participates in a broader cultural traffic that is part of the process of globalization. Its practice mirrors global flows and global business, producing architecture of a global scope.